NJ Transit changing electrics to diesels

NJT 4879 w/b at Matawan on last day of operation for GG-1 29OCT83

NJT w/b 3315 with GG-1 4877 at Harrison

NJT 4879 e/b at Essay tower

NJT 4877 e/b at Hudson Interlocking, Harrison,NJ 03NOV82

"Circus" scheme

In May 1980 I happened to look out of the window of my northbound Corridor express and saw all these GG1's. The GG1 entered service in 1935 and a few kept running until 1983. Amazing machines.

The year is 1979 and this old warhorse appears to have reached the end of its usefulness to Amtrak. It seemed fitting to me that the ghostly emblem of the once mighty PRR was still visible through... (more)

The amazing thing about the GG1's was that they were still pulling trains at 100 mph in 1979! They were designed in the era of steam and endured with grace into the nuclear age.

I've always liked the looks of these beasts.

Cab of GG-1 in storage a few months after being stored - permanently