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Pictures of PRR 4879
 
Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Altoona GG1Built As:PRR 4879 (GG1)
Serial Number:4348Order No:
Frame Number:Westinghouse electrical gearBuilt:2/1939
Notes:PRR Class GG-1; blt 2/1939, saved
Other locos with this serial:  PC 4879(GG1) NJT 4879(GG1) URHS 4879(GG1) PRR 4879(GG1) NJDOT 4879(GG1) NJTR 4879(GG1) CR 4879(GG1)
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The Pennsylvania Limited
Title:  The Pennsylvania Limited
Description:  Taken by an unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  12/15/1939  Upload Date: 12/6/2022 7:26:58 PM
Location:  Princeton Junction, NJ
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  105   Comments: 0
PRR "Pennsylvania 4879," c. 1966
Title:  PRR "Pennsylvania 4879," c. 1966
Description:  Here is a postal card that could be entitled "Pennsylvania 4879." No Postmark. Partial Caption On Reverse: "Electric locomotive number 4879, s GG-1, at the headend of a crack passenger train ready to depart Pennsylvania Station, New York." Photo Credit: William J. Brennan. PRR engine #4879 is a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during February of 1939, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and presently on display at the United Railway Historical Society in Boonton, New Jersey. Partially visible in the right distance is the top of the Empire State Building.
Photo Date:  11/14/1966  Upload Date: 9/29/2023 9:40:18 PM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  48   Comments: 0
NJDOT 4879
Title:  NJDOT 4879
Description:  NJ Transit GG-1 #4879 at Matawan NJ. This photo was originally taken by Lester Mathis.
Photo Date:  10/29/1983  Upload Date: 5/6/2010 10:18:25 PM
Location:  Matawan, NJ
Author:  Eric Kreszl
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJT 4879(GG1) NJT 4879(GG1) PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  944   Comments: 0
PRR 4879
Title:  PRR 4879
Description:  URHS open house
Photo Date:  5/23/2009  Upload Date: 5/23/2009 8:40:56 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  733   Comments: 0
PRR 4879
Title:  PRR 4879
Description:  URHS open house
Photo Date:  5/23/2009  Upload Date: 5/23/2009 8:44:34 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  676   Comments: 0
In Need of Some Work
Title:  In Need of Some Work
Description:  4879 could use some work, please if you have time help the URHS out!
Photo Date:  5/23/2009  Upload Date: 5/24/2009 6:28:30 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Brandon Kaback
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1) NJT 4879(GG1) NJT 4879(GG1)
Views:  963   Comments: 0
In Need of Some Work
Title:  In Need of Some Work
Description:  4879 could use some work, please if you have time help the URHS out!
Photo Date:  5/23/2009  Upload Date: 5/24/2009 6:29:25 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Brandon Kaback
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJT 4879(GG1) PRR 4879(GG1) NJT 4879(GG1)
Views:  649   Comments: 0
An Overview of the URHS Open House
Title:  An Overview of the URHS Open House
Description:  The two E8s can be seen in the front with the GG1 and the rest torwards the back. Thank You to the volunteers at the URHS for a great event.
Photo Date:  5/23/2009  Upload Date: 5/24/2009 7:11:27 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Brandon Kaback
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  NJT 4326(E8A) NJT 4253(E8A) NJT 4253(E8A) PRR 4879(GG1) NJT 4879(GG1) NJT 4879(GG1)
Views:  1949   Comments: 1
NJT 4879
Title:  NJT 4879
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/23/2009  Upload Date: 5/23/2009 11:18:12 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Eric Kreszl
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJT 4879(GG1) PRR 4879(GG1) NJT 4879(GG1)
Views:  740   Comments: 0
NJT 4879
Title:  NJT 4879
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/23/2009  Upload Date: 5/23/2009 11:18:38 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Eric Kreszl
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJT 4879(GG1) PRR 4879(GG1) NJT 4879(GG1)
Views:  713   Comments: 0
NJT 4879
Title:  NJT 4879
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/23/2009  Upload Date: 5/23/2009 11:58:26 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Eric Kreszl
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJT 4879(GG1) PRR 4879(GG1) NJT 4879(GG1)
Views:  471   Comments: 0
NJT 4879
Title:  NJT 4879
Description:  Head On Profile
Photo Date:  5/23/2009  Upload Date: 5/24/2009 9:18:20 AM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Eric Kreszl
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJT 4879(GG1) PRR 4879(GG1) NJT 4879(GG1)
Views:  788   Comments: 0
URHS Boonton Restoration Facility
Title:  URHS Boonton Restoration Facility
Description:  Former USAF dorm car now resides at the URHS's Boonton resgtoration facility,
Photo Date:  8/11/2010  Upload Date: 8/13/2010 8:52:25 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Jonah P
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  512   Comments: 0
PRR 4879
Title:  PRR 4879
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/11/2012  Upload Date: 4/13/2012 1:25:54 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Trey Holland
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  338   Comments: 1
PRR 4879
Title:  PRR 4879
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/14/2012  Upload Date: 7/14/2012 11:57:31 AM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Jonah P
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  617   Comments: 0
NYC 4076
Title:  NYC 4076
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/16/2012  Upload Date: 1/9/2013 7:35:11 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Mike Boyer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJDOT 4323(E8A) PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  302   Comments: 0
PRR 4879
Title:  PRR 4879
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/16/2012  Upload Date: 1/10/2013 9:02:21 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Mike Boyer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  214   Comments: 0
PRR 4879
Title:  PRR 4879
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/16/2012  Upload Date: 1/10/2013 9:07:56 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Mike Boyer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  209   Comments: 0
PRR 4879
Title:  PRR 4879
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/16/2012  Upload Date: 1/10/2013 9:08:56 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Mike Boyer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  201   Comments: 0
PRR 4879
Title:  PRR 4879
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/16/2012  Upload Date: 1/10/2013 9:12:39 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Mike Boyer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  175   Comments: 0
PRR 4879
Title:  PRR 4879
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/16/2012  Upload Date: 1/10/2013 9:13:28 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Mike Boyer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  185   Comments: 0
PRR 4879
Title:  PRR 4879
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/16/2012  Upload Date: 1/10/2013 9:14:13 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Mike Boyer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1) PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  232   Comments: 0
URHS Open House
Title:  URHS Open House
Description:  PRR GG1 4879.
Photo Date:  9/22/2013  Upload Date: 9/27/2013 11:42:17 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Stephen Bradley
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  918   Comments: 0
URHS
Title:  URHS
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2013  Upload Date: 10/11/2013 11:15:09 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Mike Amoroso
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  286   Comments: 0
URHS
Title:  URHS
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2013  Upload Date: 10/15/2013 12:39:51 AM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Mike Amoroso
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  282   Comments: 0
URHS
Title:  URHS
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2013  Upload Date: 10/30/2013 9:12:25 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Mike Amoroso
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RDG 284(F7A) PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  401   Comments: 0
PRR 4879
Title:  PRR 4879
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2013  Upload Date: 9/22/2013 4:20:26 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Kevin Wong
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1) PC 4879(GG1) NJT 4879(GG1)
Views:  788   Comments: 0
PRR 4879, 4877
Title:  PRR 4879, 4877
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/21/2014  Upload Date: 9/21/2014 11:16:01 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1) PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  391   Comments: 0
PRR 4879
Title:  PRR 4879
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/21/2014  Upload Date: 9/21/2014 11:16:12 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1) PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  482   Comments: 0
E8A 4253 and GG1 4879
Title:  E8A 4253 and GG1 4879
Description:  NJDOT E8A 4253 sits on display next to the recently restored Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 4879 during the URHS Transportation Heritage Festival 2014.
Photo Date:  9/21/2014  Upload Date: 10/21/2014 3:44:56 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Richard Crerand
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  NJDOT 4253(E8A) PRR 4879(GG1) PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  376   Comments: 0
GG1s 4877 and 4879 Side By Side
Title:  GG1s 4877 and 4879 Side By Side
Description:  Pennsylvania Railroad GG1a 4877 and 4879 sit side by side behind the URHS shops, proudly on display for the Transportation Heritage Festival.
Photo Date:  9/21/2014  Upload Date: 10/21/2014 4:02:12 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Richard Crerand
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1) PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  345   Comments: 0
GG1 4879 and E8A 4253
Title:  GG1 4879 and E8A 4253
Description:  One last look at GG1 4879 and E8A 4253 sitting on display at the URHS Transportation Heritage Festival 2014.
Photo Date:  9/21/2014  Upload Date: 10/21/2014 4:11:08 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Richard Crerand
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1) NJDOT 4253(E8A)
Views:  353   Comments: 0
GG1 4879
Title:  GG1 4879
Description:  Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 4879 sits proudly on display behind the URHS shops during the Transportation Heritage Festival, having been restored earlier this year.
Photo Date:  9/21/2014  Upload Date: 10/21/2014 3:47:06 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Richard Crerand
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  601   Comments: 0
NJT 4253
Title:  NJT 4253
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/21/2014  Upload Date: 9/22/2014 9:21:59 AM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Kevin Painter
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJT 4253(E8A) PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  227   Comments: 0
Pennsy Power
Title:  Pennsy Power
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/21/2014  Upload Date: 9/21/2014 9:55:42 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Kevin Painter
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1) PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  247   Comments: 0
Side by Side GG1s
Title:  Side by Side GG1s
Description:  PRR GG1s 4979 and 4877 next to each other in Boonton.
Photo Date:  9/21/2014  Upload Date: 1/26/2015 3:36:56 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Dan Davis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1) PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  490   Comments: 3
PRR 4879
Title:  PRR 4879
Description:  One of the showpieces at this year's open house was the unveiling of freshly restored GG-1 4879. This PRR classic was the last GG-1 to pull a revenue passenger train, doing so for NJ Transit in 1983.
Photo Date:  9/21/2014  Upload Date: 2/6/2015 2:36:35 AM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  215   Comments: 0
URHS open house
Title:  URHS open house
Description:  Another recently painted and displayed engine is PRR GG1 4879.
Photo Date:  9/21/2014  Upload Date: 7/13/2015 11:26:22 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Stephen Bradley
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  187   Comments: 1
URHS open house
Title:  URHS open house
Description:  Recently repainted GG1 4879 out for display before the windows and headlight are put back in.
Photo Date:  9/21/2014  Upload Date: 7/13/2015 11:25:06 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Stephen Bradley
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  152   Comments: 0
URHS open house
Title:  URHS open house
Description:  The sign of an engine change on the North Jersey Coast Line for many years with the GG1 and E8A.
Photo Date:  9/21/2014  Upload Date: 7/15/2015 10:55:23 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Stephen Bradley
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJDOT 4253(E8A) PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  216   Comments: 0
NJDOT 4053 & PRR 4879
Title:  NJDOT 4053 & PRR 4879
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/21/2014  Upload Date: 9/23/2014 7:47:17 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  John Wilson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJDOT 4053(E8A) PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  526   Comments: 1
Streamliners
Title:  Streamliners
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/21/2014  Upload Date: 9/21/2014 8:05:02 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Kevin Wong
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJT 4253(E8A) NJT 4879(GG1) PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  547   Comments: 0
Streamliners
Title:  Streamliners
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/21/2014  Upload Date: 9/21/2014 8:39:26 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Kevin Wong
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJT 4253(E8A) PRR 4879(GG1) PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  371   Comments: 0
GG1s
Title:  GG1s
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/21/2014  Upload Date: 9/21/2014 8:40:21 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Kevin Wong
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1) PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  341   Comments: 0
Streamliners
Title:  Streamliners
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/21/2014  Upload Date: 9/21/2014 8:41:05 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Kevin Wong
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJT 4253(E8A) PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  278   Comments: 0
PRR 4879
Title:  PRR 4879
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/21/2014  Upload Date: 9/23/2014 7:55:35 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  John Wilson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  234   Comments: 0
PRR 4879 & PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4879 & PRR 4877
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/21/2014  Upload Date: 9/23/2014 8:00:11 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  John Wilson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1) PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  895   Comments: 0
NJT/PRR combo
Title:  NJT/PRR combo
Description:  A unique pair sit in the yard of URHS in Boonton
Photo Date:  9/21/2014  Upload Date: 10/11/2014 10:01:12 AM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Jeff Wilson
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NJT 4253(E8A) PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  301   Comments: 0
2 GG1s at Railfest
Title:  2 GG1s at Railfest
Description:  2 restores Pennsylvania RR GG1s sit as railfans gawk at the beautifully done units
Photo Date:  9/21/2014  Upload Date: 10/11/2014 9:57:31 AM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Jeff Wilson
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1) PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  328   Comments: 1
URHS Open House
Title:  URHS Open House
Description:  Another recently painted and displayed engine is PRR GG1 4879.
Photo Date:  9/21/2014  Upload Date: 7/13/2015 11:25:45 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Stephen Bradley
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  199   Comments: 0

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