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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Altoona GG1Built As:PRR 4902 (GG1)
Serial Number:4371Order No:
Frame Number:GE electrical gearBuilt:5/1940
Notes:PRR Class GG-1; blt 5/40, AMTK 905, scrapped
Other locos with this serial:  AMTK 905(GG1) PRR 4902(GG1) AMTK 4905(GG1) AMTK 4902(GG1) PC 4902(GG1)
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"Pictorial Review Of Progress: 1953," Page 4
Title:  "Pictorial Review Of Progress: 1953," Page 4
Description:  Here is page four of a 22-page booklet published by the Pennsylvania Railroad entitled "A Pictorial Review Of Progress On The Pennsylvania." It was issued originally in March of 1953. Top Photo, Partial Caption: "Here is the new all-room 'Broadway Limited' crossing New Jersey on its way from New York and Philadelphia to Chicago, drawn by one of our one hundred electric passenger locomotives." Shown here is PRR engine #4902, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during May of 1940 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. Bottom Photo: Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #4996 and another unit whose number is not recorded. Both are E-3B (B-B-B) electrics built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton during June of 1951 and rated at 3,000 horsepower each.
Photo Date:  3/1/1953  Upload Date: 7/15/2020 1:29:10 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4902(GG1) PRR 4996(Steeple Cab)
Views:  394   Comments: 0
"Trains" Magazine, June 1958
Title:  "Trains" Magazine, June 1958
Description:  Here is a photo from an article entitled "Who Says Everybody's Flying?" It was published originally in the June 1958 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 18. No author is specified. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4902, a GG-1 built in Juniata during May of 1940.
Photo Date:  6/1/1958  Upload Date: 8/16/2017 1:23:02 AM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4902(GG1)
Views:  437   Comments: 0
"Who Says Everybody's Flying," Page 18, 1958
Title:  "Who Says Everybody's Flying," Page 18, 1958
Description:  Here is page three of a 12-page article entitled "Who Says Everybody's Flying?" It was published originally in the June 1958 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 18. Bottom Photo, Partial Caption: "The most deluxe operation under the keystone since its ancestor steamed out in 1902, Pennsy's 'Broadway' is elegant New York-Chicago transportation on fast time: 16 hours west, 15 1/2 east." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4902, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during May of 1940 and rated at 4,620 horsepower.
Photo Date:  6/1/1958  Upload Date: 9/24/2022 6:59:00 AM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4902(GG1) NYC 4029(E7A)
Views:  148   Comments: 0
"GG-1 Gets Its 25 Year Button," Page 20, 1959
Title:  "GG-1 Gets Its 25 Year Button," Page 20, 1959
Description:  Here is a one-page article entitled "GG-1 Gets Its 25 Year Button." It was published originally in the September-October 1959 issue of "Pennsy" magazine, page 20. Large photos depict Pennsylvania Railroad GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electrics rated at 4,620 horsepower each. Top Photo: Engine #4899 built by General Electric in August of 1934, but renumbered "4800" in November of 1934. Middle Photo: Engine #4902 built in Juniata in May of 1940. Bottom Photo: Engine #4876 built in Juniata in January of 1939.
Photo Date:  9/5/1959  Upload Date: 4/5/2022 6:00:01 AM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4800(GG1) PRR 4902(GG1) PRR 4876(GG1)
Views:  340   Comments: 0
GG-1  4902
Title:  GG-1 4902
Description:  GG-1 # 4902 makes its stop in New Brunswick before heading to New York.
Photo Date:  3/30/1968  Upload Date: 5/17/2006 8:20:05 AM
Location:  New Brunswick, NJ
Author:  TIMOTHY MADER
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4902(GG1)
Views:  941   Comments: 0


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