Showing posts with label GG1. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GG1. Show all posts

August 01, 2010

GG1 - Paint Schemes

These paint schemes represent the major variations of the locomotive's appearance over the course of it's operational life. Colors are approximate. Greens are lighter than the acutual colors to contrast from the black units. Numbers on pictured units are not necessarily approprate.

Early Prototype Scheme

1934 PRR:

  • Dark Green, block pinstriping, small number keystone

1934:

  • #4899/#4800 only. (unit changed numbers in this scheme)

Developed by the PRR, this scheme predates the Loewy design. A similar design was used on the R1 experimental.

Late Prototype Scheme


1935 PRR:

  • Dark Green, Wide 5 gold pinstripes and gold sans-serif Futura lettering, small number keystone

#4800 only, through at least 1937.
First to be based on the Loewy design, but would later be refined on production units.

Loewy Scheme

1935 PRR:

  • Dark Green, 5 gold pinstripes and gold sans-serif Futura lettering, small number keystone
All units at production except #4800, #4800 sometime after 1937.
The scheme as Loewy envisioned it.

Feathered Scheme

1937 PRR:

  • Dark Green, 5 gold pinstripes feathered together and gold sans-serif Futura lettering, small number keystone
#4829 is only confirmed unit.
This may have been and experimental variation to try to avoid the problems of painting over the intake vents on the locomotive's sides.

Modified Loewy Scheme

1941 PRR:

  • Dark Green, 5 gold pinstripes and gold serif Clarendon lettering, small PRR keystone
Most units.
Most fans consider this an improvement on Loewy's conception. Why Pennsy decided to change is unclear. Most other locomotive types did wear serif lettering.

Modified Loewy Scheme in Red

1952 PRR:

  • Tuscan Red, 5 gold pinstripes and gold serif Clarendon lettering, small PRR keystone
1952:

  • #4908 - #4913

1953:

  • #4876, #4856, #4857 and #4929
These few units were painted to match special red coach consists.

Broadband Scheme

1955 PRR:

  • Dark Green, thick yellow stripe and larger yellow serif Roman lettering, large PRR keystone
#4885 followed by most units, including some single stripe tuscan and all single stipe silver.
This was the defacto GG1 scheme for the late 50's and early 60's.

Broadband Scheme in Red

1955 PRR:

  • Tuscan Red, thick yellow stripe and larger yellow serif Roman lettering, large PRR keystone
1955:

  • #4907 and #4916
As before, a few units were repainted to match special red coach consists.

Broadband Scheme – Congressional

1955 PRR:

  • Silver, thick red stripe and larger black serif Roman lettering, large PRR keystone
1955:

  • #4866, #4872 and #4880
A few units were repainted to match the coaches on the Congresional train. This and the green and tuscan broadband schemes used plates to cover over part of the radiatior on the side above the numbers. Three years later some units began to recieve new intakes behind the classification lights and most of those had their old intakes welded over.

Modified Loewy Scheme Holdover

1968 PC:

  • Dark Green, 5 gold pinstripes and gold serif Clarendon lettering, small white PC herald
#4801 is only confirmed unit.

PC, without money, usually just blanked out the previous owner and painted PC herald on instead. This only surviving five striper was painted over in PC black.

Broadband Scheme Holdover

1968 PC:

  • Dark Green, thick yellow stripe and larger yellow serif Roman lettering, small white PC herald
#4840, #4883, #927 (PRR#4934) and presumably #4844 and #929 (PRR#3938) retained this scheme at least into their PC days.

Another PC holdover. A few of these units may have also received white numbering as well.

Broadband Scheme Holdover in Red

1968 PC:

  • Tuscan Red, thick yellow stripe and larger yellow serif Roman lettering, small white PC herald
It is doubtful that any Tuscan reds made it into the PC era.
Another PC holdover.

American Railroads Centenial Scheme

1969 PC:

  • Blue, low yellow stripe yellow serif lettering, no herald
#4902 only.

This one of a kind scheme celebrates the centenial of the driving of the golden spike in 1869.

Midnight Scheme

ca. 1970 PC:

  • Black, white block or serif lettering and large PC herald
Most units, except those left in dark green.

PC's defacto scheme was about as coloful and appealing as the company itself.

Broadband Scheme Holdover

1976 Conrail:

  • Dark Green, single yellow stripe with CR instead of the keystone
#4844 is the only unit known to have retained this scheme under Conrail.

Conrail's turn to paint over someone else's herald.

Midnight Scheme Holdover

1976 Conrail:
  • Black, white block lettering

Most units as inherited from PC.
Another Conrail paintover.

Bicentenial Scheme

1976 Conrail:
  • Red sides, blue hoods and Bicentenial markings

#4800 only.
Another one of kind scheme, this time for the US Bicentenial in 1976.

Conrail Blue Scheme

ca. 1978 Conrail:
  • blue, white curved block text, large CR herald

#4800 only known unit.
Conrail's defacto scheme, applied to very few locos.

Broadband Scheme Holdover

1971 Amtrak:
  • Dark Green, thick yellow stripe white block lettering

#929 at least retained thie PRR scheme into its Amtrak days.
Amtrak's turn to paint over a herald.

Midnight Scheme Holdover

1971 Amtrak:
  • Black, white block lettering

Most Amtrak units retained thier PC black.

Another Amtrak paintover.

Savings Bond Scheme

?? Amtrak:
  • Black, white block lettering, no Amtrak lettering

Most units retained thier PC black.
Yet another one of a kind. Amtrak gets to be a governmental billboard.

Amtrak 1 stripe Scheme

ca. 1975 Amtrak:
  • Silver with red hoods, thick blue stripe, black block lettering

#902, #905 (#4905), #906 (#4906), #909 (#4909), #924 (#4924), #926 (#4926) and #927 (#4927).
Amtrak's defacto scheme.

Broadband Scheme Holdover


1981 NJT:
  • Dark Green, thick yellow stripe
#4880 and #4883 at least retained this PRR scheme into thier NJT days.
NJT had no defacto scheme for the GG1s, but ran them longer than Amtrak or Conrail. They blanked the prior owner and only added some text under the number.

Midnight Scheme Holdover

1981 NJT:

  • Black, white block lettering

#4875, #4879, #4881, #4882 and presumably the rest of the NJT units wore PC black.
Another NJT repaint.

Special thanks for sources and drawings to:

http://www.spikes.com/GG1/

April 13, 2009

GG1 – Specifications – Technical information

General

Railroads: Pennsylvania, Pen Central, Conrail, Amtrak, New Jersey Department of Transportation, later New Jersey Transit
Builder: GE/PRR, with Baldwin and Westinghouse collaboration; serial: Altoona Works
Price: $250’000 each for first production order
Numbers: PRR and successors: #4800 - #4938, Amtrak: #901 - #939 (later #4901 - #4939), NJT: #4872 - #4884
Production Run: 1934-1943; 139 units
Locomotives Displaced: P5a (to freight service)
Locomotives Displaced by: E44, E60
Service Lifetime: 48 years (full class)

Line Voltage: 11,000 Volts, 25 Cycles (HZ) AC
Operation: Bidirectional


Diagram of engine #4800

Dimensions

Length: 79' 6" = 24232 mm
Width: 10' 6" = 3200 mm
Height: 15' 0" = 4572 mm (with pantograph locked down)
Wheelbase: 69' 0" = 21030 mm
Driver Wheelbase: 37' 4" = 11382 mm
Rigid Wheelbase: 13' 8" (2) = 4165 mm (2)


Weights

Locomotive #4800

  • Total: 475’000 lbs = 215,5 t (M) = 237,5 t (US)
  • Per Axle: 50’500 lbs = 22,9 t (M) = 25,25 t (US)
  • Adhesive Weight: 303’000 lb = 137,4 t (M) = 151,5 t (US)
  • Per End Truck: 86’000 lbs (per bogie) = 39 t (M) = 43 t (US)

Locomotives #4801 - #4857

  • Total: 460’000 lbs = 208,7 t (M) = 230 t (US)
  • Per Axle: 50’000 lbs = 22,7 t (M) = 25 t (US)
  • Adhesive Weight: 300’000 lb = 136,1 t (M) = 150 t (US)
  • Per End Truck: 80’000 lbs (per bogie) = 36,3 t (M) = 40 t (US)

Locomotives #4858 - #4868 & #4889 - #4938

  • Total: 477’000 lbs = 216,4 t (M) = 238,5 t (US)
  • Per Axle: 50’500 lbs = 22,9 t (M) = 25,25 t (US)
  • Adhesive Weight: 303’000 lb = 137,4 t (M) = 151,5 t (US)
  • Per End Truck: 87,000 lbs (per bogie) = 39,5 t (M) = 43,5 t (US)
Locomotives #4869 - #4888
  • Total: 468’400 lbs = 212,5 t (M) = 234,2 t (US)
  • Per Axle: 50’000 lbs = 22,7 t (M) = 25 t (US)
  • Adhesive Weight: 300’000 lb = 136,1 t (M) = 25 t (US)
  • Per End Truck: 84,200 lbs (per bogie) = 38,2 t (M) = 42,1 t (US)

Diagram of engines #4801 - #4857 (GG1b)

Mechanicals

Wheel Arrangement: 2-Co’+Co’-2 (4-6-6-4)
Driver diameter: 57" = 1448 mm
Truck Wheel diameter: 36" = 914 mm
Traction transmission: quill-drive, 2 motors per quill

Gearing

  • Passenger: 24:77
  • Freight: 24:79

Diagram of engines #4858 - 4868, 4889 - 4938

Ratings
Total HP: 4’620 HP (continuous)
Drawbar HP: 8’600 HP (short term)

  • at 49 mph: 9’500 HP
  • at 100 mph: 8’000 HP

Tractive Effort: 72’800 lbs (average) = 324 kN

  • Passenger gear: 70’700 lbs = 315 kN
  • Freight gear: 75’000 lbs = 334 kN

Maximum Speed: 110 mph (in testing) = 177 km/h

  • Passenger gear: 100 mph (enabled in service) = 161 km/h
  • Freight gear: 90 mph (enabled in service) = 144 km/h

Acceleration 0 to 100 mph: 65 seconds with passenger gearing

Diagram of engines #4869 - 4888

Electricals

Transformer: 4800 KVA

  • Weighed: 30’300 lbs = 13,7 t (M) = 15,15 t (US)

Control (electro-pneumatic): Tap Changer (tap switcher)

  • Control Notches: 22

Traction Motors: GEA-627-A1 (6 poles)

  • Ratings: 400 Volts (AC); 385 HP
  • Arrangement: 12 in 6 pairs

Batteries: 32V, 300 amp/hour

Auxiliaries
Blowers: 2 x 55 HP
Compressor: 150 cf/min (displacement at 100 rpm) = 4’250 l/min
Boiler: 4’500 lbs (2040 kg) of steam per hour at 200 psi (13,8 bar)
Weighed: 14’200 lbs = 6,44 t (M) = 7,1 t (US)
Boiler Water: 2’761 gallons (10’450 l); (except #4800 had a boiler capacity of 2’245 gallons (8’500 l))
Boiler Oil: 424 gallons = 1’605 l



Sources:
http://www.spikesys.com/GG1/
http://www.steamlocomotive.com/
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/

November 12, 2008

GG1 – Last scrapped engines

This is short show about those 3 engines who scrapped last

PRR#4872 / NJT#4872


NJT#4872 in Cranford, NJ on 03/06/1986 with her similar destiny sisters (behind NJT#4884)

Builder: Altoona
Construction number: 4340
Date of construction: Jan. 1939.
Date of retirement: 198?
Date of scrapping: 1990.
Historical notes:
Outlook:
Last paint scheme: NJT-black
Last owner: New Jersey Transit
Last location: unknown



PRR#4873 / NJT#4873


NJT#4873 in Ridgefield park (Whippany), NJ on 01/01/1994 in that short moment, when they almost exhibited her...

Builder: Altoona
Construction number: 4342
Date of construction: Jan. 1939.
Date of retirement: 198?
Date of scrapping: 1992. (sold for scrap)
Historical notes:
Outlook:
Last paint scheme: Black, white Penn Central logo
Last owner: New Jersey Transit
Last location: Whippany Railroad Museum, Whippany, NJ

Links:
http://www.whippanyrailwaymuseum.net/


PRR#4883 / NJT#4883


NJT#4883 in Cranford, NJ on 03/06/1986 the other end of first picture
Builder: Altoona
Construction number: 4352
Date of construction: Feb. 1939.
Date of retirement: 198?
Date of scrapping: 1986.
Historical notes:
Outlook:
Last paint scheme: Dark Green, thick yellow stripe
Last owner: New Jersey Transit
Last location: Naporano, New York, NY



Sources:
http://www.spikesys.com/GG1/
http://www.steamlocomotive.com/GG1/

September 24, 2008

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/

September 23, 2008

GG1 - Survivors - non exhibited engines (part 1)

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

PRR#4876 / NJT#4876


PRR#4876 in Bltimore, MD on 07/27/2008 before dispatch

Builder: Altoona
Construction number: 4345
Date of construction: Jan. 1939.
Date of retirement:
Historical notes:


  • She crashed in Union Station, Washington, DC on Jan. 14. 1953.

Outlook:

  • She is unfortunate that a GG1, with as much unique history as this one, was stored for so many years (1985 - 2007) in a nearby yard without protection from either vandals or the weather. In 2007 it was moved into the restoration shop compound area with some of the other large locomotives.

Current paint scheme: Brunswick Green
Owner: B&O Museum, Baltimore, MD
Location: On yard in Baltimore, near B&O Museum (outside)

Links:
http://www.borail.org/

PRR#4877 / NJT#4877

PRR#4877 (me) in Hoboken, NJ in a yard near the New Jersey Transit Passenger Station on 01/01/2003


PRR#4877 (me) in Lebanon, NJ on the station under reconstruction on 04/30/2008

Builder: Altoona
Construction number: 4346
Date of construction: Jan. 1939.
Date of retirement: Oct. 31. 1983.
Historical notes:

  • Repainted PRR Tuscan-red w/pin stripes in 1981 by NJT while in service.

Outlook:

  • For many years this GG1 was stored in a yard near the New Jersey Transit Passenger Station/Hoboken Passenger Station in NJ unprotected from vandals or the weather.
  • In July, 2003 #4877 was moved from Hoboken to a small NJ Transit yard in the northern end of Morristown where restoration efforts could begin. There are plans to restore her to her original Brunswick Green 5 stripe and to make it possible to relocate her to various areas around the state of New Jersey for display.
  • #4877 is now in Lebanon, NJ right of exit 20 on Route 78. There are a number of other gems there, including a 20th Century limited car in really nice shape.

Current paint scheme: Tuscan-red, 5 Stripes
Owner: United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey
Location: Lebanon train station, Lebanon, NJ (outside)

Links:
http://www.urhs.org/

PRR#4879 / NJT#4879

NJT#4879 with her sisters after retirement in Raritan, NJ on 12/13/1988


NJT#4879 in Booton, NJ after her dispatch on 08/20/2008

Builder: Altoona
Construction number: 4348
Date of construction: Feb. 1939.
Date of retirement: Oct. 31. 1983.
Historical notes:

  • The last GG1 to pull a revenue passenger train in New Jersey on Oct. 28. 1983.

Outlook:

  • #4879 is currently stored on a private siding exposed to the weather. #4879 relocated to Morristown in May 2002. There are plans to restore her to the Brunswick Green single stripe/large keystone scheme. After restoration, #4879 is to be permanently displayed in the future NJ Transportation Heritage Center in Phillipsburg, NJ.
  • Relocated to Boonton, NJ in July 2008.

Current paint scheme: NJT Black
Owner: United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey
Location: URHS of NJ (stored on private property), Ridgefield Park, NJ (outside)

Links:
http://www.urhs.org/

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

September 22, 2008

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/

September 21, 2008

GG1 - Survivors - exhibited engines (part 3)

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

PRR#4913 / AMTK#4913


PRR#4913 in Altoona, PA, in the years 1990s (Photo: VG Aylward)


PRR#4913 in the yard of museum on 08/24/2008

Builder: Altoona
Construction number: 4382
Date of construction: Jan. 1942.
Date of retirement:
Historical notes:

  • One of six GG1s repainted Tuscan-red in 1952 for use with the stainless steel cars used on "The Senator" and on the "Congressional Limited".

Outlook:
Current paint scheme: Tuscan Red, 5 Stripes
Owner: Railroader’s Memorial Museum, Altoona, PA
Location: Railroader’s Memorial Museum, Altoona, PA (outside)

Links:
http://www.railroadcity.com/

PRR#4918 / AMTK#4916

AMTK#4916 (PRR#4918) had arrived into the museum


AMTK#4916 (PRR#4918) under roof in Kirkwood, MO on 07/23/2007

Builder: Altoona
Construction number: 4388
Date of construction: June 1942.
Date of retirement:
Historical notes:

  • Weighed 238 tons and cost about $250,000.00 when built in 1942 ($2,723,189.00 in 1998 dollars)
  • She was once stored at the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC

Outlook:
Current paint scheme: Amtrak Black
Owner: Museum of Transportation, Saint Louis, MO
Location: Museum of Transportation, Saint Louis, MO (under roof)

Links:
http://transportmuseumassociation.org/

PRR#4919 / AMTK#4917

PRR#4919 in the yard of museum on 07/18/2008

Builder: Altoona
Construction number: 4389
Date of construction: July 1942.
Date of retirement: February 01. 1981.
Historical notes:

  • The #4919 was originally numbered #4917 when built in the Juniata Shops of the Altoona Works, in Altoona, Pennsylvania. She was a wartime "baby" delivered in June of 1942 along with five others. A general renumbering of these locomotives in June 1973 gave it No. 4934, and she later was renumbered 4919.
  • She ran almost 5,500,000 miles before it was retired.

Outlook:
Current paint scheme: Brunswick Green, 5 stripes
Owner: Virginia Museum of Transportation, Roanoke, VA
Location: Virginia Museum of Transportation, Roanoke, VA (outside)

Links:
http://www.vmt.org/

Sources:

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

September 09, 2008

GG1 - Survivors - exhibited engines (part 2)

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

PRR#4882

PC#4882 in museum of Elkhart, IN on 08/01/2004 (c) Scott Koehler


A fictional hard race in the yard of museum on 09/16/2007

Builder: Altoona
Construction number: 4351
Date of construction: Feb. 1939.
Date of retirement: Oct. 31. 1983.
Historical notes:

  • The last operating GG1. Took the last gasp in October, 1983 when it pulled two other NJT GG1s (#4877 and #4879) into the yard after "Farewell to the GG1s Day" (Oct. 28. 1983).

Outlook:

  • In October, 1998, #4882 was painted into her PC livery. The paint job is temporary. Longer range plans are to paint it in its original PRR livery.

Current paint scheme: Penn Central Black with PC Logo
Owner: National New York Central Museum, Elkhart, IN
Location: National NYC Railroad Museum, Elkhart, IN (outside)

Links:
http://www.nycrrmuseum.org/


PRR#4890


PRR#4890 in the yard of B&O Museum in october of 1992 (Baltimore, MD)

PRR#4890 in hall of National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, WI on 08/19/2008

Builder: Altoona
Construction number: 4359
Date of construction: March 1940.
Date of retirement:
Historical notes:

  • She was displayed at B&O Museum until 1995.
  • One of about 35 GG1s that were modified with large air intakes in the hood, which spoiled the aesthetics of this Loewy masterpiece.

Outlook:

  • #4890 received a new paint job in 2000. It is scheduled to be part of the new indoor display hall: Lenfestey Center, a 26,000 square foot climate controlled facility. It is displayed next to UP Big Boy X4017 and the General Eisenhower WWII Command Train.

Current paint scheme: Tuscan-red, 5 Yellow Stripes
Owner: National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, WI
Location: National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, WI (inside)

Links:
http://www.nationalrrmuseum.org/


PRR#4903 / AMTK#4906


PRR#4903 in the yard of museum on 05/31/2003

Builder: Altoona
Construction number: 4372
Date of construction: May 1940.
Date of retirement:
Historical notes:

  • With GG1 PC#4901, pulled the funeral train of Sen. Robert Kennedy from New York to Washington on June 8. 1968.

Outlook:

  • She was acquired in a trade (for a NYC Mohawk) with National NYC Museum of Elkhart, Indiana, arriving April 29th, 1984.

Current paint scheme: Brunswick Green, yellow stripe
Owner: Museum of the American Railroad, Dallas, TX
Location: Museum of the American Railroad, Dallas, TX (outside)

Links:
http://www.dallasrailwaymuseum.com/


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