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7/14/2025
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Pictures of PRR 4890
Owner:
Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:
Altoona GG1
Built As:
PRR 4890 (GG1)
Serial Number:
4359
Order No:
Frame Number:
Built:
3/1940
Notes:
PRR Class GG-1.
Other locos with this serial:
PRR 4890(GG1)
PC 4890(GG1)
AMTK 4890(GG1)
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Title:
"Trains" Magazine, December 1952
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Henry J. Ehlbeck. It was published originally in the December 1952 issue of "Trains & Travel" magazine, page 37. Photo Caption: "From under the catenary-laced girders of the Pennsylvania Railroad's bridge across the Passaic River, a GG-1 electric locomotive sweeps southbound into the Newark (N.J.) station." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4890, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during March of 1940, rated at 4,620 horsepower, owned successively by the Penn Central Railroad and Amtrak, donated initially to the B&O Railroad Museum, and transferred to the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay (Wisconsin) during 1995.
Photo Date:
12/1/1952
Upload Date:
2/26/2020 1:06:43 AM
Location:
Newark, NJ
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 4890(GG1)
Views:
683
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR 4890, GG-1, c. 1966
Description:
Electrics. Here is a photo of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4890, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during March of 1940, rated at 4,620 horsepower, owned successively by the Penn Central Railroad and Amtrak, donated initially to the B&O Railroad Museum but transferred to the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay during 1995. Note the "ribbon rail" in the foreground. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded. (Gift from Brad Mann.)
Photo Date:
11/14/1966
Upload Date:
5/29/2025 10:08:40 AM
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Station,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 4890(GG1)
Views:
109
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 4890, GG-1, 1967
Description:
Electrics. Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken near Chase, Maryland, in 1967. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4890, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata in March of 1940, rated at 4,620 horsepower, owned successively by the Penn Central Railroad and Amtrak, donated initially to the B&O Railroad Museum but transferred to the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay during 1995. Note the 39-foot "stick rail" in the foreground. (Gift from Brad Mann.)
Photo Date:
11/14/1967
Upload Date:
8/11/2021 7:47:38 AM
Location:
Chase, MD
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 4890(GG1)
Views:
571
Comments:
0
Title:
Ex-PRR 4890, GG-1, c. 1984
Description:
Electric Action. Here is an original 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, c. 1984. Shown here is ex-Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4890, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata in March of 1940, rated at 4,620 horsepower, owned successively by the Penn Central Railroad and Amtrak, donated initially to the B&O Railroad Museum, then transferred to the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay (Wisconsin) in 1995.
Photo Date:
8/14/1984
Upload Date:
7/23/2019 2:30:00 AM
Location:
Baltimore B&O Museum, MD
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 4890(GG1)
Views:
805
Comments:
1
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