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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Altoona GG1Built As:PRR 4921 (GG1)
Serial Number:4391Order No:
Frame Number:Westinghouse electrical gearBuilt:7/1942
Notes:PRR Class GG-1.
Other locos with this serial:  PC 4921(GG1) PRR 4921(GG1)
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Washington Terminal Railroad, Page 31(A), 1948
Title:  Washington Terminal Railroad, Page 31(A), 1948
Description:  Here is the first of two photos taken by Frank Clodfelter. It was published originally in the October 1948 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 31. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4921, a GG-1 built in Juniata during July of 1942. Photo Caption: "Washington Terminal maintenance men pause as one of the Pennsylvania's classic GG-1 locomotives moves out past K interlocking tower."
Photo Date:  10/1/1948  Upload Date: 1/6/2017 2:55:26 AM
Location:  Washington Union Station, DC
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Station,Track
Locomotives:  PRR 4921(GG1)
Views:  320   Comments: 1
"Hub Of The Washington Terminal," Page 45, 1950
Title:  "Hub Of The Washington Terminal," Page 45, 1950
Description:  Here is page two of a two-page article by H.A. McBride entitled "Hub Of The Washington Terminal." It was published originally in the April 1950 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 45. Top Photo Caption: "Ivy City services not only diesels and Pennsylvania GG-1's like No. 4921, but steam engines like B&O's Pacific No. 5143 as well." PRR engine #4921 is a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during July of 1942 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. Visible behind it is the top portion of Tower K.
Photo Date:  4/1/1950  Upload Date: 8/31/2019 10:29:34 AM
Location:  Ivy City, DC
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 4921(GG1) BO 5143(4-6-2)
Views:  215   Comments: 0
PRR 4907, GG-1, 1960
Title:  PRR 4907, GG-1, 1960
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken at Ivy City Yard in the District of Columbia on 30 October 1960. Prominent here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #4907 and #4921. Both are GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electrics built in Juniata and rated at 4,620 horsepower each. #4907 was built during August of 1940, while #4921 was constructed in July of 1942. The road number of the Richmond, Fredericksburg, & Potomac Railroad diesel pictured on the right is not recorded. (Tchowee"; #22 of 27)
Photo Date:  10/30/1960  Upload Date: 5/26/2020 7:08:22 PM
Location:  Ivy City, DC
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 4907(GG1) PRR 4921(GG1)
Views:  266   Comments: 0
PRR 4921, GG-1, 1962
Title:  PRR 4921, GG-1, 1962
Description:  Electrified. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 18 June 1962. Shown here is PRR engine #4921, a GG-1 built in Juniata during July of 1942 ~ some 20 years earlier! It is about to stop at the North Philadelphia Station with a passenger train bound for Trenton and New York City.
Photo Date:  6/18/1962  Upload Date: 10/15/2016 4:31:27 AM
Location:  North Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4921(GG1)
Views:  297   Comments: 1
PRR 4921, GG-1, c. 1967
Title:  PRR 4921, GG-1, c. 1967
Description:  Electric Action. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken just to the West of Pennsylvania Station in New York City, New York, c. 1967. The photographer is not identified. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4921, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during July of 1942 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. In this context, it's just emerged from one of the Hudson River Tunnels with another "Clocker" and is about to enter the Station proper. Partially visible at the far left is an unidentified New Haven Railroad EP-5 electric locomotive; at the far right are a couple of Long Island Rail Road electrified commuter cars.
Photo Date:  8/15/1967  Upload Date: 2/1/2024 9:07:24 AM
Location:  New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Tunnel,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4921(GG1)
Views:  33   Comments: 0


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