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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Altoona GG1Built As:PRR 4843 (GG1)
Serial Number:4286Order No:
Frame Number:Westinghouse electrical gearBuilt:5/1935
Notes:PRR Class GG-1.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 4843(GG1)
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PRR 4843, GG-1, c. 1935
Title:  PRR 4843, GG-1, c. 1935
Description:  Here is the Association of American Railroads' stock photo #378. No Caption. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4843, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during May of 1935 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. The photographer's name, the date, and the location are not recorded. John S. Fisher Collection; #4 of 44.
Photo Date:  8/9/1935  Upload Date: 6/6/2022 6:25:28 PM
Location:  Newark, DE
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4843(GG1)
Views:  152   Comments: 0
"Trains: Stories And Pictures," Cover, 1935
Title:  "Trains: Stories And Pictures," Cover, 1935
Description:  Here is the cover of a 40-page book published by Louis T. Henderson entitled "Trains: A Children's Picture Book Of Trains And Stories About Them." It was issued originally in 1935. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4843, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during May of 1935 and rated at 4,620 horsepower.
Photo Date:  8/15/1935  Upload Date: 2/20/2022 5:13:58 AM
Location:  Paoli, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4843(GG1)
Views:  173   Comments: 0
"Altoona Shops Inspection Trip," Pages 2-3, 1937
Title:  "Altoona Shops Inspection Trip," Pages 2-3, 1937
Description:  Here are pages two and three of a 14-page pamphlet entitled "Altoona Shops Inspection Trip: Sunday, May 16 [1937]." It was published in advance of the Trip by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Page 2, Top Photo Caption: "'The Pioneer' in use 1851-1880. A wood burner, but could attain a speed of 70 miles per hour." Page 2, Bottom Photo Caption: "The GG1 of 1937 ~ a Pennsylvania Railroad giant." Shown here is PRR engine #4843, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during May of 1935 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. On page three is a "Foreword" by the PRR's 11th President, Mr. Martin Washington Clement, who occupied that office from 1935 through 1948.
Photo Date:  5/16/1937  Upload Date: 4/25/2021 11:38:41 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Steam
Locomotives:  CVRR PIONEER(UNKNOWN) PRR 13(UNKNOWN) PRR 4843(GG1)
Views:  318   Comments: 0
PRR GG1 4843
Title:  PRR GG1 4843
Description:  Caption on back reads: "Congressional Limited #4843 GG1 1946 - Washington D. C. Engineer Harry Andrew with white cap. Died April 27th 50, a finer person and a great engineer. 'Lindbergh Special' 6-11-27. Fireman to the left Raymond F. Bowden."
Photo Date:  1/1/1946  Upload Date: 8/12/2022 10:18:53 PM
Location:  Washington D.C., DC
Author:  E. B. Ludlow
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4843(GG1)
Views:  114   Comments: 0
PRR 4843, GG-1, 1965
Title:  PRR 4843, 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 during August of 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #4843 and #4852. Both are GG-1's built in Juniata during 1935; #4843 was built in May, but #4852 was built in June. They are pulling an eastbound coal train past the Harrisburg Passenger Station.
Photo Date:  8/15/1965  Upload Date: 11/5/2016 12:37:09 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  PRR 4843(GG1) PRR 4852(GG1)
Views:  534   Comments: 0
PRR 4843, GG-1, 1965
Title:  PRR 4843, 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 during August of 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #4843 and #4852. Both are GG-1's built in Juniata during 1935; #4843 was built in May, but #4852 was built in June. They are pulling an eastbound coal train past the Harrisburg Passenger Station.
Photo Date:  8/15/1965  Upload Date: 11/5/2016 12:38:54 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 4843(GG1) PRR 4852(GG1)
Views:  388   Comments: 0


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