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PRR "Pennsylvania 4879," c. 1966 |
| Description: |
Here is a postal card that could be entitled "Pennsylvania 4879." No Postmark. Partial Caption On Reverse: "Electric locomotive number 4879, s GG-1, at the headend of a crack passenger train ready to depart Pennsylvania Station, New York." Photo Credit: William J. Brennan. PRR engine #4879 is a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during February of 1939, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and presently on display at the United Railway Historical Society in Boonton, New Jersey. Partially visible above the tracks and catenary is New York City's Main Post Office; in the right distance is the top of the Empire State Building. |
| Photo Date: |
11/14/1966 Upload Date: 9/29/2023 9:40:18 PM |
| Location: |
New York Penn Sta, NY |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 4879(GG1) |
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293 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 4879, GG-1, c. 1966 |
| Description: |
Electric Action. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken at the Passenger Station in Elizabeth, New Jersey, c. 1966. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4879, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during February of 1939, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and presently on display at the United Railway Historical Society in Boonton, New Jersey. The pedigree of the Central Railroad of New Jersey Railroad locomotive pictured here is not recorded. |
| Photo Date: |
11/14/1966 Upload Date: 10/10/2024 8:11:26 PM |
| Location: |
Elizabeth, NJ |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 4879(GG1) |
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181 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
PRR 4879, GG-1, c. 1967 |
| Description: |
PFJ. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken at Frankford Junction near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, c. 1967. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4879, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during February of 1939, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and presently on display at the United Railway Historical Society in Boonton, New Jersey. |
| Photo Date: |
9/22/1967 Upload Date: 9/10/2024 10:13:32 AM |
| Location: |
Frankford Junction, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 4879(GG1) |
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132 Comments: 0 |
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