Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) 4897 - Altoona GG1

DMP-2. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by William D. Volkmer that was taken in Ivy City, District of Columbia, on 18 October 1958. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4897, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during April of 1940 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. Partially visible at the left is PRR engine #4881, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata in February of 1939 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. (#1 of 19)

Here is page two of an 18-page article by W.R. Osborne entitled "Greatest Show On Earth: New York Division, P.R.R." It was published originally in the January 1942 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 9. Photo Caption: "Below is the 'Silver Meteor' crossing the present Pennsy bridge at Trenton." Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4897, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during April of 1940 and rated at 4,620 horsepower.

Newark. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Newark, Delaware, during August of 1965. Shown here is PRR engine #4897, a GG-1 built in Juniata during April of 1940. It will soon arrive in Wilmington on its way North to Philadelphia and New York City with a 10-car passenger train. This photo taken at the three-track grade crossing at Milepost 35.