PRR 4800, GG-1, 1958         
Old Rivets. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Richard Short that was taken at Ivy City Yard in the District of Columbia on 7 June 1958. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4800, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built by General Electric as number "4899" during August of 1934, rated at 4,620 horsepower, renumbered "4800" in November of 1934, and presently on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg. The numbers of the other "G's" pictured here are not recorded.
Date: 6/7/1958 Location: Ivy City, DC   Map Show Ivy City on a rail map Views: 828 Collection Of:   Thomas C. Ayers
Locomotives: PRR 4800(GG1)   Rolling Stock: NYC 169408 (Box Car) Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
PRR 4800, GG-1, 1958
Picture Categories: Yard This picture is part of album:  PRR: Pennsy's GG-1 #4800 ~ "Old Rivets"
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