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Thomas C. Ayers's Collection
 
5/29/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Altoona GG1Built As:PRR 4890 (GG1)
Serial Number:4359Order No:
Frame Number:Built:3/1940
Notes:PRR Class GG-1.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 4890(GG1) PC 4890(GG1) AMTK 4890(GG1)
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"Trains" Magazine, December 1952
Title:  "Trains" Magazine, December 1952
Description:  Here is a photo taken by Mr. Henry J. Ehlbeck. It was published originally in the December 1952 issue of "Trains & Travel" magazine, page 37. Photo Caption: "From under the catenary-laced girders of the Pennsylvania Railroad's bridge across the Passaic River, a GG-1 electric locomotive sweeps southbound into the Newark (N.J.) station." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4890, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during March of 1940, rated at 4,620 horsepower, owned successively by the Penn Central Railroad and Amtrak, donated initially to the B&O Railroad Museum, and transferred to the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay (Wisconsin) during 1995.
Photo Date:  12/1/1952  Upload Date: 2/26/2020 1:06:43 AM
Location:  Newark, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4890(GG1)
Views:  311   Comments: 1
PRR 4890, GG-1, 1967
Title:  PRR 4890, GG-1, 1967
Description:  Electrics. Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken near Bowie, Maryland, in 1967. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4890, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during March of 1940, rated at 4,620 horsepower, owned successively by the Penn Central Railroad and Amtrak, donated initially to the B&O Railroad Museum but transferred to the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay during 1995. Note the ribbon-rail in the foreground. (Gift from Brad Mann.)
Photo Date:  1/23/1967  Upload Date: 7/4/2021 9:57:29 PM
Location:  Bowie, MD
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4890(GG1)
Views:  306   Comments: 0
PRR 4890, GG-1, 1967
Title:  PRR 4890, GG-1, 1967
Description:  Electrics. Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken near Chase, Maryland, in 1967. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4890, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during March of 1940, rated at 4,620 horsepower, owned successively by the Penn Central Railroad and Amtrak, donated initially to the B&O Railroad Museum but transferred to the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay during 1995. Note the 39-foot "stick rail" in the foreground. (Gift from Brad Mann.)
Photo Date:  11/14/1967  Upload Date: 8/11/2021 7:47:38 AM
Location:  Chase, MD
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4890(GG1)
Views:  203   Comments: 0
Ex-PRR 4890, GG-1, c. 1984
Title:  Ex-PRR 4890, GG-1, c. 1984
Description:  Electric Action. Here is an original 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, c. 1984. Shown here is ex-Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4890, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata in March of 1940, rated at 4,620 horsepower, owned successively by the Penn Central Railroad and Amtrak, donated initially to the B&O Railroad Museum, then transferred to the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay (Wisconsin) in 1995.
Photo Date:  8/14/1984  Upload Date: 7/23/2019 2:30:00 AM
Location:  Baltimore B&O Museum, MD
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 4890(GG1)
Views:  445   Comments: 1


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