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Pictures of PRR 4866
Owner:
Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:
Altoona GG1
Built As:
PRR 4866 (GG1)
Serial Number:
4333
Order No:
Frame Number:
Westinghouse electrical gear
Built:
1/1938
Notes:
PRR Class GG-1.
Other locos with this serial:
PC 4866(GG1)
PRR 4866(GG1)
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Title:
"Trains" Magazine, April 1956
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. W.A. Burke. It was published originally in the April 1956 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 8. Photo Caption: "Over-all coat of aluminum paint, tuscan red stripe, black roof and lettering clothe one of Pennsy's famous GG-1's ~ one of two given different experimental color schemes. Locomotives are being used on crack streamliners." Shown here is PRR engine #4866, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during January of 1938 and rated at 4,620 horsepower.
Photo Date:
4/1/1956
Upload Date:
8/11/2019 1:36:19 AM
Location:
Wilmington, DE
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 4866(GG1)
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Title:
PRR "Pennsylvania 4866," GG-1, 1956
Description:
Kern. Here is a postal card entitled "Pennsylvania 4866." No Postmark. Caption On Reverse: "North Philadelphia, Pa., May 12, 1956. GG-1 4866 glides along the platform for the station stop. Pennsylvania 4866 was one of three GG-1's to receive the silver color scheme. The other two were 4872 and 4880. Color was chosen for 'Congressional' service." Photo by Fred R. Kern. #4866 is a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during January of 1938 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. Here, it's pulling a passenger train that originated in New York City. Visible in the background is a portion of the passenger shelter at the first station stop on the Cherry Hill Branch.
Photo Date:
5/12/1956
Upload Date:
10/27/2018 12:32:30 AM
Location:
North Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 4866(GG1)
Views:
893
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Title:
PRR 4866, GG-1, 1965
Description:
WIL-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took during a trip on Pennsylvania Railroad passenger trains from Wilmington to Altoona on 28 March 1965. Shown here is PRR engine #4866, a GG-1 built in Juniata during January of 1938. It is arriving in the North Philadelphia Station with a 14-car passenger train from Washington to New York City. The time is 12:23 P.M.
Photo Date:
3/28/1965
Upload Date:
10/22/2016 5:12:49 AM
Location:
North Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 4866(GG1)
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629
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