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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

GG1 - Survivors - exhibited engines (part 1)

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

PRR#4800

PRR#4800 in Museum of Strasburg, PA on 01/01/1999

PRR#4800 in Museum of Strasburg, PA on 11/21/2007

Builder: General Electric, Baldwin
Construction number: 11646
Date of construction: Aug. 1934.
Date of retirement: 1979.??
Historical notes:

• #4800 is the only GG1 with a riveted body.
• She was the prototype for the GG1.
• She was the Bi-Centennial GG1 Engine in 1976.
• Old "Rivets" wore Conrail "dress blue" (Railroading in the North East Collection).

Outlook:

• #4800 was owned by the Lancaster Chapter of the NRHS and at one time was on loan to the RR Museum of PA. The chapter donated it to the RR Museum of PA in 2000. For a couple years, #4800 was out in the weather and was showing signs of deterioration. In 2002 she was moved into the expanded car barn. In 2004 she received a new paint job and underwent some cosmetic restoration.

Current paint scheme: Brunswick Green, 5 stripes
Owner: Lancaster Chapter NRHS
Location: RR Museum of PA, Strasburg, PA (outside)

Links:
http://www.rrmuseumpa.org/
http://www.northeast.railfan.net/
http://www.nrhs.com/chapters/lancaster.htm
http://www.northeast.railfan.net/

PRR#4859

Arriving home of PRR#4859 in 1986

PRR#4859 on AMTRAK-Station of Harrisburg, PA on 07/31/2006

Builder: Altoona
Construction number: 4326
Date of construction: Dec. 1937.
Date of retirement: Dec.? 1979.
Historical notes:

• She pulled the first electric train into Harrisburg Jan. 15. 1938. and latter was designated official electric locomotive of PA.

Outlook:

• #4859 belongs to the RR Museum of PA and is currently under roof at the Harrisburg, PA Amtrak Station. Amtrak wants her out of their station soon. There is talk about a temporary display at Union Station in Washington, DC. One day #4859 will have to return to the museum in Strasburg, PA and when it does there will be limited space and one of the three GG1s may have to go.

Current paint scheme: Brunswick Green, 5 stripes
Owner: Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg PA
Location: Transportation Center, Harrisburg, PA (under roof)

Links:
http://tcrpc-pa.org/SRTP/SRTP_Chapter_02/harrisburg_transportation_center.htm

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

http://www.steamlocomotive.com/