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Thomas C. Ayers's Collection
 
3/12/2026
 
 
 
 
 
By:Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:6/1/1967 - 6/1/1967
Album Info:Here are the front cover and a five-page camera study by Richard Steinheimer entitled "GG1 Curtain Call." They were published originally in the June 1967 issue of "Trains" magazine, pages 18-22. "So curtain calls remain for the grand madame of electric traction. On hand in the fall of 1965 for such a bow to posterity was a Westerner, Richard Steinheimer. With camera in hand, he boarded the business end of manifest CB-1 on a cold, hazy Saturday and rode through from Trenton, N.J. (Morrisville Yard) to Harrisburg, Pa. (Enola Yard)." (Page 20)
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"Trains" Magaznie, June 1967
Title:  "Trains" Magaznie, June 1967
Description:  Here is the front cover of a five-page camera study by Richard Steinheimer entitled "GG1 Curtain Call." It was published originally on the June 1967 issue of "Trains" magazine. Cover Caption: "Pennsy GG1's shrug off evening rain in Enola Yard. Portrait by Richard Steinheimer."
Photo Date:  6/1/1967  Upload Date: 8/10/2025 6:15:37 AM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Night,Yard
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"GG1 Curtain Call," Page 18, 1967
Title:  "GG1 Curtain Call," Page 18, 1967
Description:  Here is page one of a five-page camera study by Richard Steinheimer entitled "GG1 Curtain Call." It was published originally in the June 1967 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 18. Photo Caption: "GG1's at Morrisville Yard ~ 'war-marked and dusty.'"
Photo Date:  6/1/1967  Upload Date: 8/10/2025 6:17:11 AM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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"GG1 Curtain Call," Page 19, 1967
Title:  "GG1 Curtain Call," Page 19, 1967
Description:  Here is page two of a five-page camera study by Richard Steinheimer entitled "GG1 Curtain Call." It was published originally in the June 1967 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 19. Photo Caption: "GG1's at Morrisville Yard ~ 'war-marked and dusty.'"
Photo Date:  6/1/1967  Upload Date: 8/10/2025 6:17:39 AM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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"GG1 Curtain Call," Page 20, 1967
Title:  "GG1 Curtain Call," Page 20, 1967
Description:  Here is page three of a five-page camera study by Richard Steinheimer entitled "GG1 Curtain Call." It was published originally in the June 1967 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 20. Photo Caption: "Getting a roll out of Morrisville Yard, the GG1's head down Trenton Cutoff and overtake a local."
Photo Date:  6/1/1967  Upload Date: 8/10/2025 6:18:04 AM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  InCab
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"GG1 Curtain Call," Page 21, 1967
Title:  "GG1 Curtain Call," Page 21, 1967
Description:  Here is page four of a five-page camera study by Richard Steinheimer entitled "GG1 Curtain Call." It was published originally in the June 1967 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 21. Top Right Photo Caption: "Engineer E.A. Branyan employs a 22-notch throttle to tap GG1's reserves."
Photo Date:  6/1/1967  Upload Date: 8/10/2025 6:18:25 AM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  InCab
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"GG1 Curtain Call," Page 22, 1967
Title:  "GG1 Curtain Call," Page 22, 1967
Description:  Here is page five of a five-page camera study by Richard Steinheimer entitled "GG1 Curtain Call." It was published originally in the June 1967 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 22. Bottom Photo Caption: "Another day's work done. Crew departs between aisles of old and middle-aged GG1's and their E-44 nephews." Partially visible here (L & R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #4873 and #4421. #4873 is a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during January of 1939 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. #4421 is an E-44 (C-C) electric built by General Electric in October of 1961 and rated at 4,400 horsepower.
Photo Date:  6/1/1967  Upload Date: 8/10/2025 6:18:49 AM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 4873(GG1) PRR 4421(E44)
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