GG1 - Survivors - non exhibited engines (part 2)

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

PRR#4909 / AMTK#4932

AMTK#4932 after her retirement in Elizabethport, NJ on 05/04/1985

AMTK#4932 (PRR#4909) attendant on AMTK#4934 after relocation in Cooperstown Jct, NY on 09/18/2006

Builder: Altoona
Construction number: 4378
Date of construction: Dec. 1941.
Date of retirement:
Historical notes:

• Regularly led "The Senator" and the "Congressional Limited" in its Tuscan-red livery.

Outlook:

• #4909 was one of the two GG1s displayed for a long time at the Leatherstocking RY Museum (Steamtown). In July, 2003 #4909 had been acquired by the Henry Ford Museum. In August 2004, #4909 was finally moved to the Henry Form Museum. However, she is still at Cooperstown Junction, NY. We don't know what it is about #4909 that generates so much false information. The acquisition by the Henry Ford Museum appears to be valid however. There is a news article about it here. We don't know how long that article will be available. Perhaps the rumors about this locomotive will now stop.

Current paint scheme: Amtrak Black
Owner: Henry Ford Museum
Location: Cooperstown Junction, NY (outside)

Links:
http://www.lrhs.com/
http://www.nps.gov/stea/
http://www.hfmgv.org/museum/index.aspx

PRR#4917 / AMTK#4934

AMTK#4934 (PRR#4917) attendant on AMTK#4932 after relocation in Cooperstown Jct, NY on 09/18/2006

Builder: Altoona
Construction number: 4387
Date of construction: June 1942.
Date of retirement:
Historical notes:

• One of 75 GG1s built with Westinghouse components, the other 64 GG1s used GE devices and motors.

Outlook:

• #4917 appears to be deteriorating more with each photo that is sent to me. In October of 2007 #4917 was being acquired by the GG1 Historic Locomotive Preservation Society of Miami, FL. In the spring of 2008 she was to be moved to its new home in Miami and begin to receive cosmetic restoration work as part of a new TV show.

Current paint scheme: Amtrak Black
Owner: Leatherstocking Railway Museum
Location: Moved from Cooperstown Junction, NY (outside)

Links:
http://www.lrhs.com/

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