Penn Central (PC) 4930 - Altoona GG1

Here is page two of a ten-page article by Alan B. Chesley & Tony Koester entitled "The Enduring GG1." It was published originally in the December 1975 issue of "Railroad Model Craftsman" magazine, page 53. Depicted in the top photo by Don Ball, Jr., is Penn Central Railroad engine #4930, a GG1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata by the Pennsylvania Railroad during February of 1943 and rated at 4,620 horsepower.

A clean PC GG1 hfads the National Limited at Merion in November 1974. Taken with my trusty Kodak Instamatic.

A basic black GG1 with a large PC logo ahead a line of GG1s at Race Street Engine Terminal in Philadelphia, February 1976.

Amtrak Train No. 30, "The National Limited" to New York

Amtrak Train 441 at Manor Street Crossing

Westbound on the NEC.

Penn Central 4930

GG-1 # 4930 passes thru Jersey Ave, New Brunswick with a wb train.

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