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The Iconic GG-1 |
| Description: |
Close-up of the sculpted nose of GG-1 4872, Newark, 1982 |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1982 Upload Date: 2/17/2013 8:36:31 PM |
| Location: |
Newark, NJ |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4872(GG1) |
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| Title: |
Unbroken, Unbowed (GG1 #4872 at South Amboy, 1983) |
| Description: |
GG1 #4872 was a 1939 product of Pennsylvanias Altoona shops. She was one of three GG1s chosen for PRRs famous "silver" livery color scheme, and later served the public under Penn Central, Amtrak, and NJT ownership. Here, in October of 1983, during the last few weeks of her active life, 4872 contemplates mortality. She would go to the torch in 1985, the second to last GG1 to be scrapped. |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1983 Upload Date: 2/18/2013 4:09:03 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4872(GG1) |
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411 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Disaster Survivor |
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GG-1 4876 -- a 1939 product of the Pennsylvania Railroads Altoona Shops -- heads south after leaving Elizabeth, New Jersey. Elizabeths famous speed-restricted S-curve lies just ahead. 4876 is one of the most famous GG-1s because in 1953 it crashed through the floor of Washingtons Union Station. The incident, which became known as the "Wreck of the Federal Express," was caused by malfunctioning braking equipment in the train. Miraculously, there were no fatalities. After the wreck, 4876 was simply cut up into pieces by PRR engineers, rebuilt, and returned to service. She served the Pennsylvania, Penn Central, Amtrak, and New Jersey Transit for many years afterward and was among a handful of GG-1s that ended the GG-1s reign in 1983, faithfully delivering passengers to and from Penn Station and South Amboy. This photo was taken in the Spring of 1983 -- a few months before the end. |
| Photo Date: |
8/17/1983 Upload Date: 2/18/2013 4:56:10 AM |
| Location: |
Elizabeth, NJ |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4876(GG1) |
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376 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GG1 Out to Pasture: 4877 at Perth Amboy, 1983 |
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After GG1s were retired from their main NY-Washington stomping grounds, the best place to find them was on their daily commuter runs between NY and South Amboy. On this summer day in 1983, just a few months before all GG1s would be retired, 4877 GG1 4877, repainted in PRRs classic tuscan red color scheme, drifts light through the station at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, in a cut overflowing with lush growth. Check out all that classic jointed Pennsy rail. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/1983 Upload Date: 2/18/2013 7:22:05 AM |
| Location: |
Perth Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 4877(GG1) NJT 4877(GG1) |
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814 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GG-1 4877 at Rahway With Parlor Car No. 1734 |
| Description: |
In the early 1980s, GG-1 4877 was repainted in the classic PRR tuscan red gold pinstripe color scheme to commemorate the Gs many years of service. She continued to operate regular trains through 1983 and I caught up with her at Rahway early one Spring morning of that year. I only got two photos of 4877 moving; this one - the train is moving onto the main line to New York at Rahway -- and a shot in pastoral surroundings at South Amboy. In retrospect, I wish I had spent more time hunting her down in her last years of revenue service but Im lucky to have gotten the shots I got of her. 4877 was saved from the scrap heap by dedicated railroad historians but like many wonderful locomotives, she languished for years outdoors and her paint faded. Happily, she is well on the way toward a thorough cosmetic restoration thanks to the United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey. Doesnt tuscan red Pennsy parlor car 1734 look great behind this classic electric? |
| Photo Date: |
2/17/2013 Upload Date: 2/18/2013 7:43:13 AM |
| Location: |
Rahway, NJ |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 4877(GG1) NJT 4877(GG1) |
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778 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
4882 at Perth Amboy, 1983 |
| Description: |
4882 -- of the last GG-1s to operate in regular service in the 1980s-- moves light through Perth Amboy, New Jersey in the summer of 1983. Her servicing base at South Amboy is just a few miles down the track. 4882 is a 1939 Altoona product; she was perserved and now resides at a museum in Elkhart, Indiana. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/1983 Upload Date: 2/18/2013 8:57:21 AM |
| Location: |
Perth Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4882(GG1) |
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Ghosts of the PRR: GG-1 4883 at Harrison |
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4883 -- the last operating NJT GG-1 to wear single-stripe PRR livery --- slips through the industrial scene at Harrison, New Jersey, on a rainy morning in 1983. Although shes battered and will be scrapped in 1986, this moment finds 4883 undaunted. Her consist is a solid train of PRR coaches Squint your eyes and it could be 1963, not 1983.. |
| Photo Date: |
2/17/2013 Upload Date: 2/18/2013 8:15:17 AM |
| Location: |
Harrison, NJ |
| Author: |
Stephen Carl Baldwin |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 4883(GG1) NJT 4883(GG1) |
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698 Comments: 0 |
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