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Thomas C. Ayers's Collection
 
5/3/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Altoona GG1Built As:PRR 4879 (GG1)
Serial Number:4348Order No:
Frame Number:Westinghouse electrical gearBuilt:2/1939
Notes:PRR Class GG-1; blt 2/1939, saved
Other locos with this serial:  PC 4879(GG1) NJT 4879(GG1) URHS 4879(GG1) PRR 4879(GG1) NJDOT 4879(GG1) NJTR 4879(GG1) CR 4879(GG1)
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PRR "Pennsylvania 4879," c. 1966
Title:  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 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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