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PRR 4876
Title:  PRR 4876
Description:  Shot off the Mile Express.
Photo Date:  9/6/2020  Upload Date: 9/7/2020 8:43:53 PM
Location:  Baltimore B&O Museum, MD
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4876(GG1)
Views:  327   Comments: 1
PRR 4876
Title:  PRR 4876
Description:  Shot off the Mile Express at their beautiful restoration shop
Photo Date:  9/6/2020  Upload Date: 9/7/2020 8:43:56 PM
Location:  Baltimore B&O Museum, MD
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4876(GG1)
Views:  473   Comments: 1
"The Ankle-View Train," Page 27, 1956
Title:  "The Ankle-View Train," Page 27, 1956
Description:  Here is page four of a four-page article by E. John Long entitled "The Ankle-View Train." It was published originally in the October 1956 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 27. Bottom Photo Caption: "Regular service: 'Keystone' slips out of Newark." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4877, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during January of 1939, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and presently on display at the United Railway Historical Society in Boonton, New Jersey.
Photo Date:  10/1/1956  Upload Date: 6/27/2018 5:06:18 AM
Location:  Newark, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  528   Comments: 1
PRR 4877, GG-1, 1960
Title:  PRR 4877, GG-1, 1960
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Fred Kern that was taken in Tacony, Pennsylvania, on 3 February 1960. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4877, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata in January of 1939, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and presently on display at the United Railway Historical Society in Boonton, New Jersey. ("LouisFols"; #7 of 13)
Photo Date:  2/3/1960  Upload Date: 4/15/2020 2:41:12 PM
Location:  Tacony, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  556   Comments: 0
PRR GG1 #4877
Title:  PRR GG1 #4877
Description:  PRR 4877, formerly nicknamed "Big Red", is seen here heading up a passenger train at an unidentified location. It is now owned by the United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey. It is stored at the West Boonton Yard in Boonton, New Jersey, United States. It is fully cosmetically restored to its original appearance. No date, location or photographer was listed for this photo. With Steve Coraggio's help (see comment below), it may be Harrison, NJ with Newark skyline in the background.. Thanks, Steve!
Photo Date:  6/1/1960  Upload Date: 3/14/2021 7:18:37 AM
Location:  Harrison, NJ
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  607   Comments: 1
PRR, Story Of The GG-1, Page 20, 1964
Title:  PRR, Story Of The GG-1, Page 20, 1964
Description:  Here is page one of a 17-page cover article by Frederick Westing entitled "GG1: Story Of The Most Famous Electric Locomotive In The Western Hemisphere." It was published originally in the March 1964 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 20. Photo by William D. Middleton. Shown here is a partial view of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4877, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during January of 1939, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and presently on display at the United Railway Historical Society in Boonton, New Jersey.
Photo Date:  3/1/1964  Upload Date: 10/6/2022 10:12:57 AM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  275   Comments: 0
PRR, Story Of The GG-1, Page 21, 1964
Title:  PRR, Story Of The GG-1, Page 21, 1964
Description:  Here is page two of a 17-page cover article by Frederick Westing entitled "GG1: Story Of The Most Famous Electric Locomotive In The Western Hemisphere." It was published originally in the March 1964 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 21. Photo by William D. Middleton. Shown here is a partial view of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4877, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during January of 1939, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and presently on display at the United Railway Historical Society in Boonton, New Jersey.
Photo Date:  3/1/1964  Upload Date: 10/6/2022 10:15:52 AM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  265   Comments: 0
GG-1  4877
Title:  GG-1 4877
Description:  GG-1 # 4877 slows down for its stop in New Brunswick.
Photo Date:  5/5/1965  Upload Date: 5/12/2006 2:19:03 PM
Location:  New Brunswick, NJ
Author:  TIMOTHY MADER
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  2194   Comments: 1
GG-1  4877
Title:  GG-1 4877
Description:  GG-1 # 4877 slows down for its New Brunswick stop.
Photo Date:  5/12/1965  Upload Date: 5/12/2006 2:21:14 PM
Location:  New Brunswick, NJ
Author:  TIMOTHY MADER
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  1339   Comments: 0
PRR 4877 on new haven rr  - devon tower
Title:  PRR 4877 on new haven rr - devon tower
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/21/1969  Upload Date: 9/18/2010 10:40:00 PM
Location:  New Haven, CT
Author:  Henry Frick
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  1374   Comments: 0
NJT 4877, GG-1, 1977
Title:  NJT 4877, GG-1, 1977
Description:  Here is a postal card via Peter Outerbridge entitled "New Jersey Transit 4877." Caption On Reverse: "GG-1 No. 4877 at Wilmington, Del., June 5, 1977 after being repainted Tuscan Red by NJ Transit with the help of Jersey Central Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society." Photo by Homer R. Hill. Shown here is NJT engine #4877, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata as Pennsylvania Railroad #4877 during January of 1939, rated at 4,620 horsepower, later owned by Penn Central and Conrail, and presently on display at the United Railway Historical Society in Boonton, New Jersey.
Photo Date:  5/5/1977  Upload Date: 1/20/2023 5:34:20 AM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1) NJT 4877(GG1)
Views:  238   Comments: 0
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description:  GG-1s on the ready track.
Photo Date:  4/1/1980  Upload Date: 3/8/2009 5:18:16 PM
Location:  Sunnyside, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  1237   Comments: 1
PRR GG1 4877 - Pennsylvania RR
Title:  PRR GG1 4877 - Pennsylvania RR
Description:  Here's another view of GG1 #4877 whhle working under the catenary system in at the Harrisburg station. Date is a "guess-timation" but appears to be after the 1981 restoration. This unit was preserved and cosmetically restored by the United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey in Hoboken.
Photo Date:  6/1/1981  Upload Date: 1/11/2014 7:55:08 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  979   Comments: 1
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description:  NJDOT 4877, shortly after being repainted into PRR Tuscan Red with cat whiskers by the Jersey Central Railway Historical Society, leads an afternoon commuter run in Linden NJ. The headlight reflection of a local just departing the Linden station cab be qeen at the extreme left of the photo. Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1981  Upload Date: 8/11/2010 9:36:37 PM
Location:  Linden, NJ
Author:  Randy Kotuby
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  1006   Comments: 1
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/6/1981  Upload Date: 12/14/2005 9:04:19 AM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  2040   Comments: 1
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/13/1981  Upload Date: 5/27/2010 2:45:23 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Tony Organek
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  932   Comments: 1
Front end
Title:  Front end
Description:  NJ Transit 4877 was in Penn Station one night while dad was coming into town, and he took a few shots, including this one of the front of the engine.
Photo Date:  6/22/1981  Upload Date: 12/4/2014 3:24:49 PM
Location:  Penn Station, NYC, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Tunnel,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  536   Comments: 0
Whats that across the platforms??
Title:  Whats that across the platforms??
Description:  Dad was in Penn Station one night and saw the newly restored PRR 4877. He grabbed this from over on the Long Island side of the station>
Photo Date:  6/22/1981  Upload Date: 12/4/2014 3:27:45 PM
Location:  Penn Station, NYC, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Tunnel,Station
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  575   Comments: 0
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/27/1981  Upload Date: 5/21/2011 8:41:28 AM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Jack Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  657   Comments: 1
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/27/1981  Upload Date: 5/27/2010 2:46:10 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Don Wood
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  808   Comments: 0
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description:  NJT owned PRR GG1 4877 southbound on number 4 track at Perryville, MD. Best guess date.
Photo Date:  7/1/1981  Upload Date: 8/10/2014 10:30:52 PM
Location:  Perryville, MD
Author:  George L. Pitz
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  692   Comments: 0
NJT GG1 4877 in PRR livery
Title:  NJT GG1 4877 in PRR livery
Description:  NJ Transit painted ex-PRR GG-1 4877 into PRR Tuscan Red and gold stripes in June, 1981. My buddy took a shot of me alongside "Big Red" still showing fresh paint but some minor body damage at South Amboy in July, 1981.
Photo Date:  7/10/1981  Upload Date: 2/2/2019 9:03:17 AM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Andrew J. Erlichman
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NJT 4877(GG1) PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  868   Comments: 2
NJT GG1 4877 in PRR livery
Title:  NJT GG1 4877 in PRR livery
Description:  NJT GG-1 4877 in PRR livery with rear pan up at South Amboy in July, 1981.
Photo Date:  7/10/1981  Upload Date: 12/9/2018 10:18:34 AM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NJT 4877(GG1) PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  557   Comments: 0
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/11/1981  Upload Date: 5/27/2010 2:46:35 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Don Wood
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  1353   Comments: 0
PRR 4877 looking great
Title:  PRR 4877 looking great
Description:  Randy Curlin Collection
Photo Date:  9/5/1981  Upload Date: 4/19/2024 4:51:29 AM
Location:  Elizabeth, NJ
Author:  Randy Curlin Collection
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  119   Comments: 1
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description:  Classy motive power for commuters, as a Jersey Shore train crosses the mouth of the Raritan River.
Photo Date:  9/14/1981  Upload Date: 8/22/2011 6:54:37 PM
Location:  Perth Amboy, NJ
Author:  Tom Alderman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  807   Comments: 1
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/12/1981  Upload Date: 5/27/2010 2:45:46 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Joe Kmetz
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  881   Comments: 1
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/1/1981  Upload Date: 8/6/2010 8:52:13 AM
Location:  Sunnyside, NY
Author:  Henry Frick
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  876   Comments: 0
GG-1   4877
Title:  GG-1 4877
Description:  GG-1 # 4877 sits betweens runs at South Amboy, N.J.
Photo Date:  4/24/1982  Upload Date: 4/28/2006 2:15:59 PM
Location:  New Brunswick, NJ
Author:  TIMOTHY MADER
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  1190   Comments: 0
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/24/1982  Upload Date: 12/14/2005 9:04:19 AM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  1405   Comments: 0
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/24/1982  Upload Date: 12/14/2005 9:04:19 AM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  1441   Comments: 0
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description:  On display for Hoboken Festival
Photo Date:  10/1/1982  Upload Date: 3/8/2009 5:18:15 PM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  847   Comments: 0
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/2/1982  Upload Date: 3/12/2009 6:47:16 PM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1) NJT 4103(GP40P)
Views:  897   Comments: 0
PRR 4877 East
Title:  PRR 4877 East
Description:  Washington Chapter NRHS trip
Photo Date:  10/23/1982  Upload Date: 7/15/2013 9:27:51 PM
Location:  Rheems, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  579   Comments: 0
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1983  Upload Date: 2/21/2012 2:23:17 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Eric Kreszl
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  658   Comments: 0
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description:  Exact Date Unknown Photo taken by Les Mathis.
Photo Date:  1/1/1983  Upload Date: 2/21/2012 2:23:35 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Eric Kreszl
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  637   Comments: 0
Former PRR GG1 4877
Title:  Former PRR GG1 4877
Description:  The April, 1983 lineup of GG1's would not be so long for much longer at South Amboy. Former PRR GG-1 4877, repainted in Tuscan Red in 1981, rests second in a line of Gs at the engine terminal. Just 6 months later, "Big Red" would be honored to pull the last run of the GG-1. Sadly, it was not to be as a breakdown forced sister GG-1 4879 to rescue the train. This beautiful GG-1 was preserved (in as-built Brunswick green) along with her sister unit 4879 as part of the United Railroad Historical Society of NJ collection in Boonton, NJ.
Photo Date:  4/4/1983  Upload Date: 10/3/2016 3:51:43 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NJT 4877(GG1) PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  956   Comments: 0
Former PRR GG1 4877
Title:  Former PRR GG1 4877
Description:  With 6 months until retirement, former PRR GG-1 4877 was lined up second in a line of G's at South Amboy, NJ in April, 1983. Only 4877, 4882, and 4879 would remain operable during the last revenue runs for GG1's on October 28, 1983, and the following day's Farewell to the GG1 celebration..
Photo Date:  4/4/1983  Upload Date: 10/3/2016 3:53:21 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NJT 4877(GG1) PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  624   Comments: 0
GG1 Out to Pasture: 4877 at Perth Amboy, 1983
Title:  GG1 Out to Pasture: 4877 at Perth Amboy, 1983
Description:  After GG1s were retired from their main NY-Washington stomping grounds, the best place to find them was on their daily commuter runs between NY and South Amboy. On this summer day in 1983, just a few months before all GG1s would be retired, 4877 GG1 4877, repainted in PRRs classic tuscan red color scheme, drifts light through the station at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, in a cut overflowing with lush growth. Check out all that classic jointed Pennsy rail.
Photo Date:  7/10/1983  Upload Date: 2/18/2013 7:22:05 AM
Location:  Perth Amboy, NJ
Author:  Stephen Carl Baldwin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1) NJT 4877(GG1)
Views:  1068   Comments: 1
PRR 4877 last run
Title:  PRR 4877 last run
Description:  Inbound to New York
Photo Date:  10/29/1983  Upload Date: 1/26/2013 8:16:00 AM
Location:  Perth Amboy, NJ
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  852   Comments: 1
PRR 6877
Title:  PRR 6877
Description:  last day of GG1 service, NJTransit
Photo Date:  10/29/1983  Upload Date: 6/29/2006 1:13:47 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  2706   Comments: 0
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description:  last day of GG1 service, NJTransit
Photo Date:  10/29/1983  Upload Date: 6/29/2006 1:13:56 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  1789   Comments: 0
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description:  PRR GG-1 #4877 at Matawan NJ. The photo was originally taken by Lester Mathis.
Photo Date:  10/29/1983  Upload Date: 5/6/2010 10:17:45 PM
Location:  Matawan, NJ
Author:  Eric Kreszl
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  917   Comments: 1
GG-1 4877
Title:  GG-1 4877
Description:  GG-1 4877 makes its one and only appearance at Matawan.
Photo Date:  10/29/1983  Upload Date: 1/6/2007 2:11:20 AM
Location:  Matawan, NJ
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  1280   Comments: 0
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description:  Pennsylvania Railroad 4877, otherwise known as Big Red, The Jersey G, is displayed at Hoboken Terminal during NJ Transit's Hoboken Terminal Festival. Exact date unknown.
Photo Date:  8/1/1984  Upload Date: 2/9/2008 4:41:11 PM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  Dave Koprowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  1062   Comments: 0
"Locomotive & Railway Preservation," Front Cover, 1987
Title:  "Locomotive & Railway Preservation," Front Cover, 1987
Description:  Here is the front cover that was published originally on the July-August 1987 issue of "Locomotive & Railway Preservation" magazine. Partial Photo Caption: "GG1 No. 4877 runs for the last time in commercial service near Matawan, New Jersey, October 23, 1983." Photo by Don Wood. PRR engine #4877 is a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during January of 1939, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and presently on display at the United Railway Historical Society in Boonton, New Jersey.
Photo Date:  7/1/1987  Upload Date: 10/9/2024 11:11:25 PM
Location:  Matawan, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Bridge,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  119   Comments: 0
PRR GG1 4877
Title:  PRR GG1 4877
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/1/1988  Upload Date: 11/20/2022 3:11:54 PM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  Tom Gallo
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  180   Comments: 0
PRR GG1 4877
Title:  PRR GG1 4877
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/1/1988  Upload Date: 11/20/2022 3:13:15 PM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  Tom Gallo
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  184   Comments: 0
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/10/1990  Upload Date: 3/4/2011 12:01:58 PM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  Christopher Esposito
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  616   Comments: 0


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