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Pictures of PRR 4897
Owner:
Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:
Altoona GG1
Built As:
PRR 4897 (GG1)
Serial Number:
4366
Order No:
Frame Number:
Westinghouse electrical gear
Built:
4/1940
Notes:
PRR Class GG-1.
Other locos with this serial:
CR 4897(GG1)
AMTK 4901(GG1)
AMTK 901(GG1)
PC 901(GG1)
PRR 4897(GG1)
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Title:
"New York Division," Page 9, 1942
Description:
Here is page two of an 18-page article by W.R. Osborne entitled "Greatest Show On Earth: New York Division, P.R.R." It was published originally in the January 1942 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 9. Photo Caption: "Below is the 'Silver Meteor' crossing the present Pennsy bridge at Trenton." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4897, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during April of 1940 and rated at 4,620 horsepower.
Photo Date:
1/1/1942
Upload Date:
10/15/2019 11:40:14 AM
Location:
Trenton, NJ
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 4897(GG1)
Views:
319
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Title:
PRR 4897, GG-1, 1958
Description:
DMP-2. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by William D. Volkmer that was taken in Ivy City, District of Columbia, on 18 October 1958. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4897, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during April of 1940 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. Partially visible at the left is PRR engine #4881, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata in February of 1939 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. (#1 of 20)
Photo Date:
10/18/1958
Upload Date:
11/28/2022 9:59:11 AM
Location:
Ivy City, DC
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 4897(GG1)
PRR 4881(GG1)
Views:
207
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0
Title:
PRR 4897, GG-1, 1965
Description:
Newark. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Newark, Delaware, during August of 1965. Shown here is PRR engine #4897, a GG-1 built in Juniata during April of 1940. It will soon arrive in Wilmington on its way North to Philadelphia and New York City with a 10-car passenger train. This photo taken at the three-track grade crossing at Milepost 35.
Photo Date:
8/15/1965
Upload Date:
9/20/2016 3:10:39 AM
Location:
Newark, DE
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 4897(GG1)
Views:
387
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0
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