A Roger Puta Photograph

The vandalized headlights of these two Conrail GG1s are indicative of a none-too-bright future. Note the two different styles of air intakes. No. 4828 was built by Baldwin/PRR/Westinghouse in Ju... (more)

The 4887 and 4889 are at the head end of an eastbound freight at the confluence of the Chickies Creek with the Susquehanna River. Both of these engines could be frequently found pulling the Broad... (more)

A Phillies Baseball Special is ready to depart from behind the old JFK (Municipal) Stadium, in the shadow of I-95. This was a doubleheaded GG1-powered all-Amfleet train from Harrisburg. Most bas... (more)

"Farewell to the GG-1" photo runby at the west end of Amtrak's Lancaster station. The trip was sponsored by the Lancaster Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, with the cooperat... (more)

With 36-year veteran engineer Harry A. Wilgis at the throttle, the restored PRR 4935 makes its first revenue run northbound. Bringing up the markers are the ex-PRR business car No. 120, "Pen... (more)

Three of a kind - For a few years, there were three GG1's at the Pennsylvania Railroad Museum in Strasburg. On this day, PRR 4800, or "old rivets", the original GG1, and Conrail 4859 wer... (more)

Look at all bygones. Cars on open railcars. Electric freight on a major railroad. Railfans have been accused of living in the past. Maybe we just notice change more than others. I cherish thi... (more)

"Old Rivets", the original PRR GG1, has recently been restored to its 1935 appearance, and its three-month-old paint is gleaming. Today, sister 4935, repainted to PRR livery by Amtrak in... (more)

South Amboy time warp? By the time NJ Transit painted some of its E8s in the attractive blue and silver, the GG1 fleet was relegated to banged up Penn Central black. But thanks to the United Railr... (more)

Army-Navy football specials are lined up in the yard next to (then) Philadelphia Municipal Stadium on the south side.

As it was delivered in 1939.

Although he was a non-member, an unknown deceased railfan's wife donated his slides to the Akron Railroad Club. Members were allowed to take a few partially-loaded trays of what were mostly second... (more)

A Pennsy GG-1 in Waukesha, WI? In early 1995, the B&O Railroad Museum sent this GG-1 to the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, WI in exchange for a Fairbanks Morse H12-44. Here it sits in Wauk... (more)

Very first GG1 with the original riveted body. Locomotive was only one painted in the blue Conrail scheme.