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Pictures of PRR 4935
Owner:
Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:
Altoona GG1
Built As:
PRR 4935 (GG1)
Serial Number:
4434
Order No:
Frame Number:
GE electrical gear
Built:
3/1943
Notes:
PRR Class GG-1; GE blt 3/43 at Juniata
Other locos with this serial:
PRR 4935(GG1)
AMTK 4935(GG1)
PC 4935(GG1)
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Title:
PRR 4935, GG-1, c. 1955
Description:
Here is an image of a photo of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4935, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during March of 1943, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and presently on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg. The photographer's name, the date, and the location are not recorded. Edward Kaspriske Collection.
Photo Date:
8/15/1955
Upload Date:
6/20/2023 6:08:02 PM
Location:
North Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 4935(GG1)
Views:
422
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 4935, GG-1, 1956
Description:
Here is a postal card via Peter Outerbridge entitled "Pennsylvania 4935." Caption On Reverse: "GG1 No. 4935 on southbound local at South Amboy, N.J., in 1956. This locomotive was restored to its original livery of green with gold pinstripes in 1977 by a group of fans through the cooperation of NRHS and Amtrak." Photo by Homer R. Hill. Shown here is PRR engine #4935, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata in March of 1943, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and now on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg.
Photo Date:
8/15/1956
Upload Date:
1/19/2023 8:24:35 PM
Location:
South Amboy, NJ
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 4935(GG1)
Views:
490
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 4935, GG-1, 1965
Description:
Newark. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Newark, Delaware, during August of 1965. Shown here is PRR engine #4935, a GG-1 built in Juniata during March of 1943. It has just departed Wilmington on its way South to Baltimore and Washington with an 11-car passenger train. The white milepost indicates that it is 35 miles by rail to Philadelphia. #4935 is now on exhibit at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania is Strasburg, Pennsylvania.
Photo Date:
8/15/1965
Upload Date:
9/20/2016 3:16:42 AM
Location:
Newark, DE
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 4935(GG1)
Views:
1052
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 4935, GG-1, 1965
Description:
Museum Bound. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Wilmington, Delaware, during August of 1965. Shown here is PRR engine #4935, a GG-1 built in Altoona during March of 1943. It is arriving with a northbound passenger train to New York City. #4935 is now on exhibit at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania is Strasburg, Pennsylvania.
Photo Date:
8/15/1965
Upload Date:
7/1/2016 4:46:37 AM
Location:
Wilmington, DE
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 4935(GG1)
Views:
752
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 4935, GG-1, 1;65
Description:
WIL-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took during a trip on Pennsylvania Railroad passenger trains from Wilmington to Altoona during August of 1965. Shown here is PRR engine #4937, a GG-1 built in Juniata during March of 1943. It is pulling a northbound passenger train into the Wilmington Station on its way to Philadelphia and points North. This locomotive is preOently on exhibit at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, Pennsylvania.
Photo Date:
8/15/1965
Upload Date:
9/2/2016 1:23:24 AM
Location:
Wilmington, DE
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 4935(GG1)
Views:
876
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR 4935, GG-1, c. 1966
Description:
Electrics. Here is a photo of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4935, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata in March of 1943, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and now on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg. 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 10:17:36 AM
Location:
Wilmington, DE
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 4935(GG1)
Views:
25
Comments:
0
Title:
"The Enduring GG1," Page 55, 1975
Description:
Here is page four of a ten-page article by Alan B. Chesley & Tony Koester entitled "The Enduring GG1." It was published originally in the December 1975 issue of "Railroad Model Craftsman" magazine, page 55. Cross-sectional drawings by Mr. Chesley are "Full size for O scale: 1/4" = 1'-0"; 1-48"
Photo Date:
12/1/1975
Upload Date:
1/10/2025 4:02:38 PM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 4935(GG1)
Views:
231
Comments:
0
Title:
"The Enduring GG1," Page 56, 1975
Description:
Here is page five of a ten-page article by Alan B. Chesley & Tony Koester entitled "The Enduring GG1." It was published originally in the December 1975 issue of "Railroad Model Craftsman" magazine, page 56. Cross-sectional drawings by Mr. Chesley are "Full size for O scale: 1/4" = 1'-0"; 1-48"
Photo Date:
12/1/1975
Upload Date:
1/10/2025 4:03:20 PM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 4935(GG1)
Views:
219
Comments:
0
Title:
"The Enduring GG1," Page 57, 1975
Description:
Here is page six of a ten-page article by Alan B. Chesley & Tony Koester entitled "The Enduring GG1." It was published originally in the December 1975 issue of "Railroad Model Craftsman" magazine, page 57. Cross-sectional drawings by Mr. Chesley are "Full size for O scale: 1/4" = 1'-0"; 1-48"
Photo Date:
12/1/1975
Upload Date:
11/2/2023 9:05:27 PM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 4935(GG1)
Views:
454
Comments:
0
Title:
"The Enduring GG1," Page 58, 1975
Description:
Here is page seven of a ten-page article by Alan B. Chesley & Tony Koester entitled "The Enduring GG1." It was published originally in the December 1975 issue of "Railroad Model Craftsman" magazine, page 58. Cross-sectional drawings by Mr. Chesley are "Full size for O scale: 1/4" = 1'-0"; 1-48"
Photo Date:
12/1/1975
Upload Date:
11/3/2023 8:20:58 AM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 4935(GG1)
Views:
478
Comments:
0
Title:
"The Enduring GG1," Page 59, 1975
Description:
Here is page eight of a ten-page article by Alan B. Chesley & Tony Koester entitled "The Enduring GG1." It was published originally in the December 1975 issue of "Railroad Model Craftsman" magazine, page 59. Cross-sectional drawings by Mr. Chesley are "Full size for O scale: 1/4" = 1'-0"; 1-48"
Photo Date:
12/1/1975
Upload Date:
11/3/2023 8:23:35 AM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 4935(GG1)
Views:
436
Comments:
0
Title:
"The Enduring GG1," Page 61, 1975
Description:
Here is page ten of a ten-page article by Alan B. Chesley & Tony Koester entitled "The Enduring GG1." It was published originally in the December 1975 issue of "Railroad Model Craftsman" magazine, page 61. Cross-sectional drawings by Mr. Chesley are "Full size for O scale: 1/4" = 1'-0"; 1-48"
Photo Date:
12/1/1975
Upload Date:
1/10/2025 4:04:49 PM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 4935(GG1)
Views:
227
Comments:
0
Title:
"Taking Of Amtrak 4935," Page 20, 1977
Description:
Here is page two of a six-page cover article by Howard Serig entitled "The Taking Of Amtrak 4935." It was published originally in the July 1977 issue of the "Passenger Train Journal," page 20. Top Photo, Partial Caption:" Retirement of the original GG1 paint scheme was already underway when 4935 led one of Pennsy's trains southbound near South Amboy, NJ, on August 25, 1956." Photo by Homer R. Hill. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4935, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during March of 1943, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and presently on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg.
Photo Date:
7/1/1977
Upload Date:
9/29/2022 8:15:22 PM
Location:
South Amboy, NJ
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 4935(GG1)
Views:
394
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, February 1979
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. N. Kent Loudon. It was published originally in the February 1979 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 2. Partial Caption: "Last run of Amtrak 430, Harrisburg-Washington section of the 'National Limited,' on October 28, 1978, was marked by railfan groups with the addition of a coach-diner to the normal single coach and by GG-1 4935 up front. Train exits Wildcat Tunnel on CR's Columbia and Port Deposit line just south of Peach Bottom, Pa." #4935 is a GG-1 built in Juniata during March of 1943 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. It is presently on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg.
Photo Date:
2/1/1979
Upload Date:
4/5/2018 5:19:15 AM
Location:
Peach Bottom, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Tunnel,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 4935(GG1)
Views:
757
Comments:
1
Title:
"We Can Dream, Can't We?" page 39, 1987
Description:
Here is page one of a two-page article by Mark Smith entitled "We Can Dream, Can't We?" It was published originally in the July-August 1987 issue of "Locomotive & Railway Preservation" magazine, page 39. Photo Caption: "On May 1, 1977, members of the FOGG (Friends of the GG1) Committee remove masking tape from No. 4935, revealing the reinstated pinstriping." Photo by Karl Zimmermann. Engine #4935 is a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during March of 1943, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and presently on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg.
Photo Date:
7/1/1987
Upload Date:
10/9/2024 8:06:14 AM
Location:
Wilmington, DE
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 4935(GG1)
Views:
109
Comments:
0
Title:
"We Can Dream, Can't We?" page 40, 1987
Description:
Here is page two of a two-page article by Mark Smith entitled "We Can Dream, Can't We?" It was published originally in the July-August 1987 issue of "Locomotive & Railway Preservation" magazine, page 40. Partial Photo Caption: "No. 4935 enjoys one of those active days near Linthicum, Maryland, on the New York to Washington run, April 1968." The photographer is not identified. Engine #4935 is a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during March of 1943, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and presently on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg. Notable here is a detailed (though incomplete) list of "Preserved GG1s."
Photo Date:
7/1/1987
Upload Date:
10/9/2024 8:07:23 AM
Location:
Linthicum, MD
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 4935(GG1)
Views:
113
Comments:
0
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