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Thomas C. Ayers's Collection
 
2/12/2025
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Penn Central
Model:Altoona GG1Built As:PRR 4894 (GG1)
Serial Number:4363Order No:
Frame Number:GE electrical gearBuilt:4/1940
Notes:PC Class GG1; blt 4/40 as PRR 4894, scrapped
Other locos with this serial:  CR 4894(GG1) PRR 4894(GG1) PC 4894(GG1)
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PC 4894, GG1, c. 1969
Title:  PC 4894, GG1, c. 1969
Description:  Byerly. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Fred Byerly that was taken near the Passenger Station in New Haven, Connecticut, c. 1969. The photographer is not identified. Shown here is Penn Central Railroad engine #4894, a GG1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata by the Pennsylvania Railroad during April of 1940 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. The road numbers of the ex-New Haven locomotives pictured at the left are not recorded. This photo comes from a color slide set entitled "Electric Railroading ~ Penn Central and Pennsylvania Lines" that's produced and distributed by Blackhawk Films of Davenport, Iowa (868-21).
Photo Date:  9/9/1969  Upload Date: 2/21/2022 11:26:46 PM
Location:  New Haven, CT
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PC 4894(GG1)
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