GG1 - Survivors - exhibited engines (part 4)

This is a roster of known surviving GG1s and their dispositions.

PRR#4927 / AMTK#4939

PRR#4927 / AMTK#4939 under overhauling (wikipedia)

PRR#4927 / AMTK#4939 overhauled in the museum on 08/02/2008

Builder: Altoona
Construction number: 4397
Date of construction: Sept. 1942.
Date of retirement:
Historical notes:

• Became an anomaly when Amtrak numbered her #4939 in 1976. For 42 years there had not been a GG1 with a number higher than 4938.

Outlook:

• #4927 has been stored indoors (Barn No. 9) for the past 5 years. In August of 1999 she received a new Brunswick Green/5 stripes paint job.

Current paint scheme: Brunswick Green, 5 stripes
Owner: Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL
Location: Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL (inside)

Links:
http://www.irm.org/

PRR#4933 / AMTK#4926

PRR#4933 / AMTK#4926 in Solvay, NY on 08/27/2007

Builder: Altoona
Construction number: 4428
Date of construction: March 1943.
Date of retirement:
Historical notes:

• One of seven Amtrak GG1s painted platinum mist with a red hood and a blue stripe.
• She was the last GG1 to go to the Army-Navy game in 1975.

Outlook:

• In 2008 the chapter vice president said that there are plans to repaint #4933 into the Platinum Mist scheme.

Current paint scheme: Tuscan red with 5 pin stripes
Owner: Central NY Chapter NRHS
Location: Central NY Chapter NRHS, New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, NY (outside)

Links:
http://cnynrhs.org/

PRR#4935 / AMTK#4935

Maybe the most popular image about PRR#4935, from 05/15/2004

PRR#4935 on new place in the hall of museum (07/09/2008)

Builder: Altoona
Construction number: 4434
Date of construction: March 1943.
Date of retirement:
Historical notes:

• She was repainted PRR Brunswick green w/ pin stripes while in service on Amtrak in 1977.
• The repainting of "Blackjack" was paid for by the "Friends of the GG1".
• Arguably the best restored and best displayed GG1.

Outlook:

• #4935 is in the best shape of all the surviving GG1s. She is indoor in a climate controlled building.

Current paint scheme: Brunswick Green, 5 stripes
Owner: Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg PA
Location: Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg PA (inside)

Links:
http://www.rrmuseumpa.org/

Sources:
http://www.spikesys.com/
http://www.steamlocomotive.com/
http://www.hebners.net/