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Thomas C. Ayers's Collection
 
5/20/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Altoona GG1Built As:PRR 4922 (GG1)
Serial Number:4392Order No:
Frame Number:GE electrical gearBuilt:8/1942
Notes:PRR Class GG-1; blt 8/42, AMTK 4937, scrapped
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 4922(GG1) PC 4922(GG1)
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PRR 4922, GG-1, Front, 1962
Title:  PRR 4922, GG-1, Front, 1962
Description:  Here is the front side of a "Vanishing Vistas" portrait that was published by Lyman E. Cox in 1972. Photo courtesy of the Penn Central Railroad. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4922, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata in August of 1942 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. It's pulling the "Broadway Limited" in 1962.
Photo Date:  4/21/1962  Upload Date: 12/16/2019 9:22:21 AM
Location:  Paoli, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4922(GG1)
Views:  281   Comments: 1
PRR 4922, GG-1, Back, 1962
Title:  PRR 4922, GG-1, Back, 1962
Description:  Here is the back side of a "Vanishing Vistas" portrait that was published by Lyman E. Cox in 1972. The text by Robert A. Le Massena sketches the history and development of the Pennsylvania Railroad's "Broadway Limited" and its GG-1 electric locomotives.
Photo Date:  4/21/1962  Upload Date: 12/16/2019 9:26:51 AM
Location:  Paoli, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4922(GG1)
Views:  156   Comments: 0
PRR 4876, GG-1, 1965
Title:  PRR 4876, 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 engines #4876 and #4922. Both are GG-1's built in Juniata; #4876 was built during January of 1939, but #4922 was built during August of 1942. They are idling-away on the Locomotive Ready Tracks across from HARRIS Tower, just West of the Harrisburg Passenger Station.
Photo Date:  3/28/1965  Upload Date: 10/23/2016 3:11:23 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Yard,Station
Locomotives:  PRR 4876(GG1) PRR 4922(GG1)
Views:  550   Comments: 0
PRR 4922, GG-1, 1965
Title:  PRR 4922, 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 engines #4876 and #4922. Both are GG-1's built in Juniata; #4876 was built during January of 1939, but #4922 was built during August of 1942. They are idling-away on the Locomotive Ready Tracks across from HARRIS Tower, just West of the Harrisburg Passenger Station.
Photo Date:  3/28/1965  Upload Date: 10/25/2016 2:12:41 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Station
Locomotives:  PRR 4922(GG1) PRR 4876(GG1)
Views:  502   Comments: 0


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