The fireman on a westbound GG1-powered Amtrak passenger train has stepped off onto the high-level platform for a quick inspection. No. 4895 was built in April, 1940 by Altoona-Westinghouse and wa... (more)

A typical diverse assortment of Penn Central passenger power awaits assignment at New Haven Motor Storage back in 1971 We see GG1 4872 in PRR paint, a former New Haven EP-5 electric (now PC class ... (more)

Hiding in the Hedgerow

Just three and one half years after being repainted in a Pennsylvania Railroad scheme, Amtrak GG1 4935 was retired and placed in storage at Amtrak’s Wilmin... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph

Penn Central GG1’s 4850 and 4844, still carrying their PRR single-stripe scheme, wait for their next assignment at Pavonia Yard in Camden, New Jersey. Pavonia was the major yard of the Pennsylv... (more)

The last operating GG-1s to visit Harrisburg, if I'm not mistaken. NJT 4877 and 4876 have just pulled the Lancaster Chapter NRHS "Farewell to the GG-1" special from Harrisburg-Philadelp... (more)

Here's the northbound Southern Crescent connection making time thru North Elizabeth behind a reliable GG1 on a snowy Sunday in 1977. A whiff of steam on top of the G indicates that the steam gener... (more)

With my wife standing under the Amtrak herald for a sense of scale, No. 4932 languishes by the original visitor center building. The locomotive was later moved to Cooperstown Junction, NY, and th... (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.

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)

Few photo locations would dwarf a pair of GG-1s, but Safe Harbor's vast amphitheater ringed by the river, steep verdant cliffs, sprawling electrical infrastructure, and monstrous bridgework could ... (more)

Fresh out of the Strasburg Rail Road's shops, the classic GG-1 paint scheme as designer Raymond Loewy conceived it, with sans-serif Futura lettering. The 4859, built in December 1937 by Altoona/G... (more)

The 4935 has just uncoupled from the westbound Broadway Limited and is preparing to switch onto the "motor track" for tomorrow morning's eastbound run to New York. No. 4935 was built by... (more)

The now-preserved 4926 is seen in this pan view at the now-abandoned Oak Lane crossing during the last month of GG-1 operations on the Broadway Limited. The 4926 was built by Altoona/Westinghouse... (more)