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PRR 4886, GG-1, 1965 |
| Description: |
Newark. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Newark, Delaware, on 27 March 1965. Shown here is PRR engine #4886, a GG-1 built in Juniata during March of 1939. It will soon arrive in Wilmington on its way North to Philadelphia and New York City with a 20-car passenger train. The time is 12:19 P.M. (The highway bridge is marked "SR 31703.") |
| Photo Date: |
3/27/1965 Upload Date: 9/19/2016 4:31:28 AM |
| Location: |
Newark, DE |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 4886(GG1) |
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513 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
PRR 4886, 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 engine #4886 and another unit whose number is not recorded. #4886 is a GG-1 built in Juniata during March of 1939. They are idling-away on the Locomotive Ready Tracks at the Market Street Bridge, just West of the Harrisburg Passenger Station. |
| Photo Date: |
3/28/1965 Upload Date: 10/25/2016 2:11:13 AM |
| Location: |
Harrisburg, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Yard,Station |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 4886(GG1) |
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351 Comments: 0 |
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PRR 4925, GG-1, Front, 1967 |
| Description: |
Here is the front side of a "Vanishing Vistas" portrait that was published by Lyman E. Cox in 1972. Photo by Don Sims. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #4925 and #4886. Both are GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electrics built in Juniata and rated at 4,620 horsepower each. #4925 was constructed in August of 1942, while #4886 was built in March of 1939. in this context, they're pulling a mail & express train past PAOLI Tower on its merry way west to Harrisburg. |
| Photo Date: |
2/2/1967 Upload Date: 4/27/2025 6:10:02 PM |
| Location: |
Paoli, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 4925(GG1) PRR 4886(GG1) |
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8 Comments: 0 |
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PRR 4925, GG-1, Back, 1967 |
| 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 GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric locomotives. |
| Photo Date: |
2/2/1967 Upload Date: 4/27/2025 6:10:29 PM |
| Location: |
Paoli, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 4925(GG1) PRR 4886(GG1) |
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5 Comments: 0 |
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