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Thomas C. Ayers's Collection
 
5/3/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Amtrak
Model:Altoona GG1Built As:PRR 4907 (GG1)
Serial Number:4377Order No:
Frame Number:Westinghouse electrical gearBuilt:8/1940
Notes:AMTK Class GG-1; Painted black
Other locos with this serial:  AMTK 908(GG1) PC 4907(GG1) PRR 4907(GG1) PC 908(GG1) AMTK 4908(GG1)
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AMTK 4908, GG-1, 1981
Title:  AMTK 4908, GG-1, 1981
Description:  Here is the first of four original photos of deadlined GG-1's that were taken by an unidentified photographer at Amtrak's Electric Locomotive Shops in Wilmington, Delaware, on 21 June 1981. Shown here (L to R) are New Jersey Transit engine #4878, AMTK engine #4908, and three other units whose numbers are not recorded. All are GG-1's built by the Pennsylvania Railroad's Juniata Shops and rated at 4,620 horsepower each. #4878 was built in February of 1939 and originally numbered "4878," whereas #4908 was built in August of 1940 and originally numbered "4907."
Photo Date:  6/21/1981  Upload Date: 4/21/2018 2:40:26 AM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 4908(GG1) NJT 4878(GG1)
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