Valentine's Day 1976, and the Penn Central Era is drawing to a close, as two GG-1s head west on the A&S Branch. The 4870 was built by PRR/Westinghouse in December 1938, and its sister No. 4838 wa... (more)

Bell-bottom pants and gray, dusty GG-1s; two icons of the mid-1970s. We're standing on the old Cly station platform waiting on the American Freedom Train, which is bringing the general public tra... (more)

A formidable force to encounter at a grade crossing- doubleheaded GG-1s on a train of heritage cars. At 80 mph, the "Silver Meteor" will soon be cooling its heels at Baltimore Penn Station.

Two Penn Central GG-1s lead an eastbound manifest down the Susquehanna Valley at the west end of Lake Siding, as seen from the aerie of Chickies Rock.

Doubleheaded GG-1s, their trucks white with sand, are leading a southbound manifest to Bayview or Pot Yard. Conrail is only 2 months old, so lead motor No. 4854 is still wearing Penn Central lett... (more)

Paoli, 1975- the Broadway Limited eases to a stop on its way from Chicago to New York. Note the two sleepers behind the baggage car. If you want to make the trip today, you hop off the Capitol L... (more)

An encounter with a speeding GG-1 at a rural Lancaster County grade crossing, with the National Limited eastbound at 70 mph. The 929 was the last GG-1 built, constructed by Altoona/GE in June of ... (more)

The Pennsy's merger with rival New York Central is only a few months old, so GG-1 4852 still wears its native paint as it awaits its next assignment.

Surprise!

Trains on the Northeast Corridor can be very quiet, and noise from an adjacent street can let an approaching train sneak up on the unwary. Such was the case when this Amt... (more)

The End of Steam

As the last sun of a March day illuminates the Northeast Corridor at Trenton, New Jersey, Amtrak train 82, the Silver Star, slows for its station stop. This... (more)

GG-1s 4811 and 4886 are southbound at Aberdeen, passing the old PRR station at 18 East Bel Air Avenue on their way to Bayview or Potomac Yard. No concrete ties yet in 1978, and the 4-lane grade c... (more)

The National Limited is westbound to Harrisburg for an engine change to diesels on its daily run to Pittsburgh, Columbus, Indianapolis, St. Louis, and Kansas City. At KC, a through-sleeper was sw... (more)

It's the last month of GG-1 operations on the Broadway Limited to and from Harrisburg, as No. 4927 thunders eastbound downgrade at better than a mile-a-minute, crossing the Chiques (or Chickies) C... (more)

One of the “South Amboy Thirteen”, New Jersey Department of Transportation GG1 4883 waits for an incoming train at South Amboy, New Jersey. Sporting a single-stripe PRR scheme the big motor ha... (more)

New Jersey DOT 4877, repainted in PRR’s Tuscan scheme, lays over in the South Amboy engine terminal. In the right background, an E8 can be seen on one of the engine house tracks. The 4877 surviv... (more)