| Here is page five of a 17-page cover article by Frederick Westing entitled "GG1: Story Of The Most Famous Electric Locomotive In The Western Hemisphere." It was published originally in the March 1964 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 24. Partial Caption: "Minus pantographs and paint, archetypical GG1 of 1934 ~ originally numbered 4899, later 4800 ~ stands outside Baldwin's Eddystone (Pa.) erecting shop." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4800, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built by General Electric as number "4899" during August of 1934, rated at 4,620 horsepower, renumbered "4800" in November of 1934, and presently on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg. This is "Old Rivets." |