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Pictures of PRR 4920
Owner:
Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:
Altoona GG1
Built As:
PRR 4920 (GG1)
Serial Number:
4390
Order No:
Frame Number:
GE electrical gear
Built:
7/1942
Notes:
PRR Class GG-1.
Other locos with this serial:
AMTK 918(GG1)
PC 918(GG1)
PC 4920(GG1)
PRR 4920(GG1)
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Title:
"Pennsy's Steel Thunderbolts," Page 52, 1947
Description:
Here is page one of a six-page camera study by Frank Clodfelter entitled "Pennsy's Steel Thunderbolts." It was published originally in the December 1947 issue of "Railroad" magazine, page 52. Photo Caption: "The 4920 leaving Washington terminal with a passenger train." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4920, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during July of 1942 and rated at 4,620 horsepower.
Photo Date:
12/1/1947
Upload Date:
10/1/2017 11:50:55 PM
Location:
Washington Union Sta, DC
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 4920(GG1)
Views:
732
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0
Title:
"Philly's Personality Trains," Front Cover, 1948
Description:
Here is the front cover of a four-page article by Al M. Rung, Jr., entitled "Philly's Personality Trains." It was published originally on the January 1948 issue of "Trains" magazine. Photo by Frank Clodfelter. Cover Caption: "Pennsylvania Railroad GG-1 locomotive in Washington." Prominent here is PRR engine #4920, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during July of 1942 and rated a 4,620 horsepower.
Photo Date:
1/1/1948
Upload Date:
7/14/2019 6:26:20 PM
Location:
Washington Union Sta, DC
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 4920(GG1)
Views:
848
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 4920, GG-1, 1962
Description:
Electrics. Here is a photo via Bob Lorenz that was taken near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1962. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4920, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during July of 1942 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. (Gift from Brad Mann.)
Photo Date:
8/15/1962
Upload Date:
8/18/2021 5:32:01 PM
Location:
Harrisburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge
Locomotives:
PRR 4920(GG1)
Views:
538
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0
Title:
PRR 4920, GG-1, 1964
Description:
WIL-ALT-64. Here is an original photo that I took during a trip on Pennsylvania Railroad passenger trains from Wilmington to Altoona on 3 July 1964. Shown here is PRR engine #4920, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during July of 1942 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. It's just finished pulling a 16-car passenger train from New York and Philadelphia into the Harrisburg Passenger Station, and is about to be uncoupled and readied for further assignment. Three diesels (headed by PRR engine #5838) and four headend cars will soon be coupled on, and then the now-20-car passenger train will depart Harrisburg for Altoona and points West.
Photo Date:
7/3/1964
Upload Date:
9/12/2016 11:34:27 AM
Location:
Harrisburg, PA
Author:
Thomds C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 4920(GG1)
Views:
810
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0
Title:
PRR 4920, GG-1, 1964
Description:
WIL-ALT-64. Here is an original photo that I took while riding in a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train from Harrisburg to Altoona on 3 July 1964. Prominent here is PRR engine #4920, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during July of 1942 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. It's now ready for another run, after just having been uncoupled from a westbound passenger train. The road numbers of the other GG-1's pictured here are not recorded. (My train is moving from right to left.)
Photo Date:
7/3/1964
Upload Date:
9/12/2016 11:36:43 AM
Location:
Harrisburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 4920(GG1)
Views:
825
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 4920, 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 (R to L) are PRR engine #4920 and another unit whose number is not recorded. #4920 is a GG-1 built in Juniata during July of 1942. They are arriving in the North Philadelphia Station with an 11-car train from New York City heading West to Harrisburg, Altoona, and Pittsburgh. The time is 2:15 P.M.
Photo Date:
3/28/1965
Upload Date:
10/22/2016 3:19:14 PM
Location:
North Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Signal,Passenger,Track
Locomotives:
PRR 4920(GG1)
Views:
695
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 4920, GG-1, c. 1967
Description:
Myers. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by William J. Myers. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #4920 and #4931. Both are GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electrics built in Juniata and rated at 4,620 horsepower each. #4920 was constructed during July of 1942, while #4931 was built in February of 1943. Wave to the Engineman! The exact date and the location are not recorded. This photo comes from a color slide set entitled "Electrified Operations On The Pennsy" that's produced and distributed by Blackhawk Films of Davenport, Iowa (791-20).
Photo Date:
8/15/1967
Upload Date:
2/14/2022 9:35:35 PM
Location:
Enola, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge
Locomotives:
PRR 4920(GG1)
PRR 4931(GG1)
Views:
666
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0
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