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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Altoona GG1Built As:PRR 4873 (GG1)
Serial Number:4342Order No:
Frame Number:GE electrical gearBuilt:1/1939
Notes:PRR Class GG-1; to NJDOT
Other locos with this serial:  PC 4873(GG1) PRR 4873(GG1) NJT 4873(GG1) NJTR 4873(GG1) NJDOT 4873(GG1)
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PRR 4873, GG-1, 1956
Title:  PRR 4873, GG-1, 1956
Description:  Newark. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken in Newark, New Jersey, on 30 April 1956. The photographer is not identified. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4873, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during January of 1939 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. In this context, it's passing through South Station with a southbound passenger train. ("Stoneborobranch"; #8 of 11)
Photo Date:  4/30/1956  Upload Date: 9/6/2020 8:34:45 AM
Location:  Newark, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4873(GG1)
Views:  958   Comments: 1
PRR 4873, GG-1, 1965
Title:  PRR 4873, GG-1, 1965
Description:  WIL-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took during a trip on Pennsylvania Railroad passenger trains from Wilmington to Altoona on 28 March 1965. Shown here is PRR engine #4873, a GG-1 built in Juniata during January of 1939. It is arriving in the North Philadelphia Station with a 15-car passenger train from Washington to New York City. The time is 12:45 P.M.
Photo Date:  3/28/1965  Upload Date: 10/22/2016 5:56:21 AM
Location:  North Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4873(GG1)
Views:  761   Comments: 0
"GG1 Curtain Call," Page 22, 1967
Title:  "GG1 Curtain Call," Page 22, 1967
Description:  Here is page five of a five-page camera study by Richard Steinheimer entitled "GG1 Curtain Call." It was published originally in the June 1967 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 22. Bottom Photo Caption: "Another day's work done. Crew departs between aisles of old and middle-aged GG1's and their E-44 nephews." Partially visible here (L & R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #4873 and #4421. #4873 is a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during January of 1939 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. #4421 is an E-44 (C-C) electric built by General Electric in October of 1961 and rated at 4,400 horsepower.
Photo Date:  6/1/1967  Upload Date: 8/10/2025 6:18:49 AM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 4873(GG1) PRR 4421(E44)
Views:  159   Comments: 0
PRR 4873
Title:  PRR 4873
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1968  Upload Date: 4/11/2005 2:06:22 PM
Location:  Newark, NJ
Author:  Mark Manz
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4873(GG1)
Views:  1812   Comments: 3
EX PRR GG-1
Title:  EX PRR GG-1
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/22/1989  Upload Date: 6/5/2013 10:14:08 PM
Location:  Whippany, NJ
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 4873(GG1)
Views:  1015   Comments: 0
ex PRR GG-1 # 4873
Title:  ex PRR GG-1 # 4873
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/22/1989  Upload Date: 6/5/2013 10:25:50 PM
Location:  Whippany, NJ
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 4873(GG1)
Views:  974   Comments: 0


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