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7/4/2025
 
 
 
 
 
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AMTK 926
Title:  AMTK 926
Description:  Constructed in 1943 by the PRR's own shops at Altoona as number 4933, this GG-1 was one of the few to wear the Amtrak "Bloody Nose" scheme. Retired from active service in 1981.
Photo Date:  6/26/2015  Upload Date: 8/11/2015 1:27:11 AM
Location:  Solvay, NY
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  AMTK 926(GG1)
Views:  851   Comments: 0
NJTR 4873
Title:  NJTR 4873
Description:  GG1 4873 wearing both Penn Central and NJDOT markings is seen on display at the Whippany Railway Museum. The privatly owned locomotive would eventually be scrapped in 1992. Exact date unknown.
Photo Date:  10/1/1988  Upload Date: 2/9/2008 4:53:00 PM
Location:  Whippany, NJ
Author:  Mindy Koprowski
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Locomotives:  NJTR 4873(GG1)
Views:  1238   Comments: 0
PRR 4876
Title:  PRR 4876
Description:  Former PRR GG1 4876 sits on a siding near the B&O Railroad Museum's restoration shop. The locomotive still wears its black NJT paint scheme.
Photo Date:  7/9/2009  Upload Date: 7/17/2009 1:00:04 AM
Location:  Baltimore, MD
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  PRR 4876(GG1) NJT 4876(GG1)
Views:  2153   Comments: 1
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description:  Pennsylvania Railroad 4877, otherwise known as Big Red, The Jersey G, is displayed at Hoboken Terminal during NJ Transit's Hoboken Terminal Festival. Exact date unknown.
Photo Date:  8/1/1984  Upload Date: 2/9/2008 4:41:11 PM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  Dave Koprowski
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Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  1207   Comments: 0
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description:  The URHS' GG1 is seen in storage at the Lebanon NJ Transit station. The locomotive was restored to PRR tuscan red in the 1980s by NJT with assistence from the Jersey Central Railway Historical Society.
Photo Date:  4/2/2006  Upload Date: 5/14/2008 2:51:25 PM
Location:  Lebanon, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  842   Comments: 0
The CR Still Stands
Title:  The CR Still Stands
Description:  Conrail's Penn Central style initials can still be seen beneath the paint of "the Jersey G".
Photo Date:  4/2/2006  Upload Date: 5/14/2008 2:51:55 PM
Location:  Lebanon, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  910   Comments: 0
Big Red Under Restoration
Title:  Big Red Under Restoration
Description:  GG1 4877 AKA Big Red The Jersey G is currently under restoration at Lebanon. Once completed it will wear its original Brunswick green livery. It is seen posed with the two former Erie E unit also under restoration.
Photo Date:  7/15/2007  Upload Date: 4/6/2008 9:53:44 PM
Location:  Lebanon, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  ERIE 834(E8A) PRR 4877(GG1) ERIE 835(E8A)
Views:  1033   Comments: 0
Still A Work In Progress
Title:  Still A Work In Progress
Description:  Work still progresses on URHS owned GG1 4877.
Photo Date:  4/30/2008  Upload Date: 5/15/2008 9:43:19 PM
Location:  Lebanon, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  395   Comments: 0
Old Meets New
Title:  Old Meets New
Description:  Old GG1 and newer Comet coach meet at Lebanon station.
Photo Date:  4/30/2008  Upload Date: 6/5/2008 8:53:09 PM
Location:  Lebanon, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  368   Comments: 0
NJTR 4879
Title:  NJTR 4879
Description:  Former PRR 4879, the last G to pull a revenue passenger train in the state of New Jersey sits in the URHS yard in Boonton after the recent move from Ridgefield Park.
Photo Date:  8/20/2008  Upload Date: 8/21/2008 12:23:14 AM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  NJTR 4879(GG1)
Views:  878   Comments: 0
PRR 4879
Title:  PRR 4879
Description:  One of the showpieces at this year's open house was the unveiling of freshly restored GG-1 4879. This PRR classic was the last GG-1 to pull a revenue passenger train, doing so for NJ Transit in 1983.
Photo Date:  9/21/2014  Upload Date: 2/6/2015 2:36:35 AM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  500   Comments: 0
Tuscan G
Title:  Tuscan G
Description:  In need of some paint but other than that, not a bad looking unit.
Photo Date:  8/7/2005  Upload Date: 5/26/2008 1:14:26 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  PRR 4913(GG1)
Views:  1086   Comments: 0
PRR 4913
Title:  PRR 4913
Description:  One of the GG1s painted Tuscan Red in the '50s for passenger trains such as the Congressional and the Broadway Limited.
Photo Date:  3/28/2008  Upload Date: 4/27/2008 10:45:11 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  PRR 4913(GG1)
Views:  360   Comments: 0
CR 4917
Title:  CR 4917
Description:  This former PRR GG1 is stored at the D&H/CACV interchange at Cooperstown Junction.
Photo Date:  3/4/2007  Upload Date: 1/15/2008 5:14:01 PM
Location:  Cooperstown Junction, NY
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  CR 4917(GG1)
Views:  1018   Comments: 1
CR 4917
Title:  CR 4917
Description:  Another GG1, owned by Leatherstocking Chapter NRHS, is seen stored along the D&H main line. Formerly PRR 4917.
Photo Date:  4/4/2009  Upload Date: 4/12/2009 9:18:05 PM
Location:  Cooperstown Junction, NY
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  CR 4917(GG1)
Views:  669   Comments: 0
CR 4917
Title:  CR 4917
Description:  Due to the Norfolk Southern takeover of former D&H lines from CP, the Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley was required to move the two GG-1 electrics, long stored on a CP owned siding along NY-7, onto their own trackage further inland from the junction.
Photo Date:  6/25/2015  Upload Date: 6/30/2015 10:21:45 PM
Location:  Cooperstown Junction, NY
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  CR 4917(GG1)
Views:  740   Comments: 0
CR 4917
Title:  CR 4917
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Photo Date:  6/25/2015  Upload Date: 6/30/2015 10:27:14 PM
Location:  Cooperstown Junction, NY
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  CR 4917(GG1)
Views:  512   Comments: 0
CR 4917
Title:  CR 4917
Description:  The "CR" markings from Conrail's early years still grace the nose of this former Pennsy electric. Used as a holdover until the unit could be retired or repainted into blue and white.
Photo Date:  6/25/2015  Upload Date: 6/30/2015 10:28:53 PM
Location:  Cooperstown Junction, NY
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  CR 4917(GG1)
Views:  565   Comments: 0
Amtrak 4932
Title:  Amtrak 4932
Description:  This GG1 is marked for three different railroads. Seen at Cooperstown Junction.
Photo Date:  3/4/2007  Upload Date: 1/15/2008 5:14:16 PM
Location:  Cooperstown Junction, NY
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  AMTK 4932(GG1)
Views:  979   Comments: 0
PRR 4933
Title:  PRR 4933
Description:  A very nicely restored GG1 on display with other historical equipment owned by the CNY Chapter NRHS at the state fairgrounds.
Photo Date:  4/5/2009  Upload Date: 4/12/2009 9:15:58 PM
Location:  Solvay, NY
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  PRR 4933(GG1)
Views:  882   Comments: 0
PRR Number
Title:  PRR Number
Description:  Despite a repaint into Amtrak colors a few years ago, this old warrior still retains the number board from when it was restored as PRR 4933.
Photo Date:  6/26/2015  Upload Date: 8/11/2015 1:31:49 AM
Location:  Solvay, NY
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  PRR 4933(GG1)
Views:  468   Comments: 0
AARX 4934
Title:  AARX 4934
Description:  This GG1 will be heading west by rail to the Henry Ford Museum once its brakes have been fixed. Formerly PRR 4909.
Photo Date:  4/4/2009  Upload Date: 4/7/2009 8:38:07 PM
Location:  Cooperstown Junction, NY
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  AARX 4934(GG1)
Views:  2149   Comments: 0
AARX 4934
Title:  AARX 4934
Description:  Barely visable among the vegatation above the junction is the second GG-1, reported to be owned by the Henry Ford Museum in Michigan. The Penn Central markings can still be seen under the fading paint patch.
Photo Date:  6/25/2015  Upload Date: 6/30/2015 10:33:20 PM
Location:  Cooperstown Junction, NY
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  AARX 4934(GG1)
Views:  1101   Comments: 0
PRR 4935
Title:  PRR 4935
Description:  Probably the best preserved GG1 anywhere at the present time. Old 4935 was restored in the 1970s by a group called "Friends of the GG1".
Photo Date:  3/27/2008  Upload Date: 3/31/2008 7:03:06 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  PRR 4935(GG1)
Views:  432   Comments: 0
The Face of the GG1
Title:  The Face of the GG1
Description:  4935 stares out at the rest of the museum's collection.
Photo Date:  3/27/2008  Upload Date: 3/31/2008 7:09:14 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  PRR 4935(GG1)
Views:  438   Comments: 0
PRR 4935
Title:  PRR 4935
Description:  One of three GG-1s that are part of the museum's collection.
Photo Date:  11/16/2014  Upload Date: 12/1/2014 2:09:36 AM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  PRR 4935(GG1)
Views:  268   Comments: 0


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