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PRR 30th Street Station, #3 of 3, c. 1953
Title:  PRR 30th Street Station, #3 of 3, c. 1953
Description:  Marianchuk-30th Street. Here is the third of three original photos by an unidentified photographer that were taken near the Pennsylvania Railroad's 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, c. 1953. In the foreground is PRR engine #4803, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built by General Electric during June of 1935 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. It's just departed the Station with a northbound passenger train. Visible in the background is a small portion of the PRR's freight-only "High Line."
Photo Date:  8/15/1953  Upload Date: 10/24/2023 10:44:41 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4803(GG1)
Views:  126   Comments: 0
Penn Central GG1 #4803
Title:  Penn Central GG1 #4803
Description:  Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency. Wilmington, DE Yard.
Photo Date:  8/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/6/2006 10:29:48 AM
Location:  Landlith, DE
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4803(GG1)
Views:  1116   Comments: 0
GG-1   4803
Title:  GG-1 4803
Description:  GG-1 # 4803 at entrance to Waverly 5 yard in Newark, N.J.
Photo Date:  8/11/1974  Upload Date: 4/28/2006 2:23:49 PM
Location:  New Brunswick, NJ
Author:  TIMOTHY MADER
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4803(GG1)
Views:  440   Comments: 0
PC 4803
Title:  PC 4803
Description:  Taken by Harv Khan(Deceased) he will be missed. Location Assumed
Photo Date:  1/10/1976  Upload Date: 10/5/2006 6:26:27 PM
Location:  Kearny, NJ
Author:  Crow T. Robot
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4803(GG1)
Views:  568   Comments: 1
CR GG1 4803
Title:  CR GG1 4803
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/30/1976  Upload Date: 9/30/2007 6:32:04 AM
Location:  Kearny, NJ
Author:  Jim Gavin
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 4803(GG1)
Views:  887   Comments: 0
GG1 CR 4803 & 4864
Title:  GG1 CR 4803 & 4864
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/24/1977  Upload Date: 6/21/2003 4:06:49 PM
Location:  Elizabeth, NJ
Author:  Harv Kahn
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 4803(GG1)
Views:  14880   Comments: 1
4803 dead-in-tow; still with a Pennsy yellow stripe & numerals
Title:  4803 dead-in-tow; still with a Pennsy yellow stripe & numerals
Description:  Manor Siding
Photo Date:  4/9/1978  Upload Date: 7/24/2013 7:37:31 PM
Location:  Columbia, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 4803(GG1)
Views:  325   Comments: 0
PRR 4805, GG-1, c. 1963
Title:  PRR 4805, GG-1, c. 1963
Description:  Electrics. Here is a photo via Bob Lorenz. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4805, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built by General Electric in June of 1935, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and retired in July of 1968 after 33 years of faithful service. Note that the second "car" in this train is actually a cabin car. The exact date and the location are not recorded. (Gift from Brad Mann.)
Photo Date:  8/15/1963  Upload Date: 9/20/2021 1:53:40 PM
Location:  Rahway, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 4805(GG1)
Views:  151   Comments: 0
PRR 4726, P-5A, 1953
Title:  PRR 4726, P-5A, 1953
Description:  Meadows. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Engine Service Tracks at Meadows Yard near Kearny, New Jersey, on 19 September 1953. The photographer is not identified. Prominent here is PRR engine #4726, a P-5A (2-C-2) built by Baldwin-Westinghouse during December of 1932, rated at 3,750 horsepower, and retired in May of 1963. Two more PRR locomotives are also visible here. At the far left is #4747, a P-5A (Modified) built by Baldwin-Westinghouse in March of 1935, rated at 3,750 horsepower, and retired in April of 1962. At the far right is #4806, a GG-1 built by General Electric in June of 1935 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. ("Stoneborobranch"; #12 of 32)
Photo Date:  9/19/1953  Upload Date: 9/7/2020 2:37:06 PM
Location:  Kearny, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 4726(Boxcab) PRR 4747(Steeple Cab) PRR 4806(GG1)
Views:  439   Comments: 0
PC GG1 4806
Title:  PC GG1 4806
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/30/1975  Upload Date: 8/4/2007 4:47:51 PM
Location:  Kearny, NJ
Author:  Jim Gavin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4806()
Views:  578   Comments: 0
2 GG1s head west at Turkey Hill
Title:  2 GG1s head west at Turkey Hill
Description:  Sad to say the tracks are gone today; only the cat poles remain... But the path is a first-rate rail trail...
Photo Date:  8/29/1976  Upload Date: 10/24/2014 11:44:36 PM
Location:  Washington Boro, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 4806(GG1)
Views:  262   Comments: 0
GG1 4806 at Manor Street crossing
Title:  GG1 4806 at Manor Street crossing
Description:  Crossing used for boat launching, etc.
Photo Date:  3/20/1977  Upload Date: 1/13/2013 6:52:47 PM
Location:  Washington Boro, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 4806(GG1)
Views:  448   Comments: 0
3 Conrail GG1s lead freight towards Potomac Yards
Title:  3 Conrail GG1s lead freight towards Potomac Yards
Description:  Photo Sequence 3 of 6
Photo Date:  3/31/1977  Upload Date: 3/24/2012 8:37:19 AM
Location:  Arlington, VA
Author:  Frank A. Phillips Jr.
Categories:  Roster,Model,Action
Locomotives:  CR 4825(GG1) PC 4825(GG1) CR 4860(GG1) PC 4860(GG1) CR 4806(GG1) PC 4806()
Views:  861   Comments: 0
3 GG1s lead freight into Potomace Yards
Title:  3 GG1s lead freight into Potomace Yards
Description:  Photo Sequence 5 of 6
Photo Date:  3/31/1977  Upload Date: 3/24/2012 8:54:35 AM
Location:  Arlington, VA
Author:  Frank A. Phillips Jr.
Categories:  Roster,Model,Action
Locomotives:  CR 4825(GG1) PC 4825(GG1) CR 4860(GG1) PC 4860(GG1) CR 4806(GG1) PC 4806()
Views:  710   Comments: 0
Two Gs head east along River Road
Title:  Two Gs head east along River Road
Description:  Columbia Bridge in the left background
Photo Date:  4/1/1978  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 6:22:11 PM
Location:  Washington Boro, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 4806(GG1)
Views:  243   Comments: 1
CR 4806 East
Title:  CR 4806 East
Description:  Approaching Manor Street crossing
Photo Date:  4/9/1978  Upload Date: 9/15/2013 7:54:27 PM
Location:  Washington Boro, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 4806(GG1)
Views:  281   Comments: 0
w/b CR train led by GG-1 #4806
Title:  w/b CR train led by GG-1 #4806
Description:  At North Philadelphia Station
Photo Date:  8/17/1978  Upload Date: 7/14/2021 9:54:28 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Gerard Putz
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 4806(GG1)
Views:  171   Comments: 0
CR 4806
Title:  CR 4806
Description:  CRWA-7 rolls toward Potomac Yard behing GG-1's 4806 and 4865 on 1/27/79
Photo Date:  1/27/1979  Upload Date: 11/5/2004 6:11:01 PM
Location:  Colonia, NJ
Author:  John C Durant
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 4865(GG1) CR 4806(GG1)
Views:  1264   Comments: 0
PRR 4807, GG-1, 1965
Title:  PRR 4807, GG-1, 1965
Description:  Newark. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Newark, Delaware, on 27 March 1965. Shown here is PRR engine #4807, a GG-1 built by General Electric during June of 1935. It is pulling a 48-car southbound mixed-cargo freight train with caboose #477739. The time is 2:33 P.M.
Photo Date:  3/27/1965  Upload Date: 9/19/2016 5:41:14 AM
Location:  Newark, DE
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 4807(GG1)
Views:  606   Comments: 1
PRR 4808, GG-1, c. 1946
Title:  PRR 4808, GG-1, c. 1946
Description:  Blackhawk. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Edwin E. Olsen. Photo Caption: "Pennsylvania GG-1 Eldctric Locomotive." PRR engine #4808 is a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built by General Electric during July of 1935 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. Note that both pantographs are in the "up" position. The exact!date and the location are not recorded. This photo comes from a color slide set entitled "Railroads U.S.A." that's produced and distributed by Blackhawk Films of Davenrort, Iowa (411-8).
Photo Date:  8/15/1946  Upload Date: 9/29/2018 3:13:40 AM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 4808(GG1)
Views:  470   Comments: 0
The way it used to be
Title:  The way it used to be
Description:  GG1 4808 heads up a southbound freight train on number 3 track at Stemmers Run, MD.
Photo Date:  1/15/1975  Upload Date: 12/9/2011 11:20:18 PM
Location:  Stemmers Run, MD
Author:  George L. Pitz
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PC 4808(GG1)
Views:  588   Comments: 1
PC 4808
Title:  PC 4808
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/24/1976  Upload Date: 10/5/2006 6:26:51 PM
Location:  Kearny, NJ
Author:  Crow T. Robot
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4808(GG1) PC 4860(GG1)
Views:  1019   Comments: 1
What's wrong with that pilot?
Title:  What's wrong with that pilot?
Description:  GG1 4808 is a early production GG1 and would have been built with a solid pilot, not a drop coupler pilot. Over the years these locomotives were kept on the road with parts salvaged from other GG1's. Best guess date 1976
Photo Date:  9/1/1976  Upload Date: 7/1/2010 12:00:16 PM
Location:  Orangeville, MD
Author:  George L. Pitz
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 4808(GG1) PC 8154(GP38-2)
Views:  758   Comments: 0
CR 4808, still with a yellow Pennsy stripe
Title:  CR 4808, still with a yellow Pennsy stripe
Description:  Southbound through Aberdeen Station
Photo Date:  7/3/1977  Upload Date: 3/30/2013 5:04:45 PM
Location:  Aberdeen, MD
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 4808(GG1)
Views:  312   Comments: 2
Taking on sand
Title:  Taking on sand
Description:  GG1 4808 takes on sand at Orangeville enginehouse. Best guess date 1977.
Photo Date:  7/15/1977  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 8:51:47 PM
Location:  Orangeville, MD
Author:  George L. Pitz
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 4808(GG1)
Views:  441   Comments: 0
CR 4889
Title:  CR 4889
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/1/1977  Upload Date: 6/14/2011 7:41:22 AM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CR 4889(GG1) CR 4808(GG1) AMTK 4934(GG1) AMTK 4895(GG1) AMTK 142(RS3)
Views:  1147   Comments: 0
CR GP-9 7110 tows GG1s 4870 and 4808
Title:  CR GP-9 7110 tows GG1s 4870 and 4808
Description:  CR GP-9 7110 tows GG1s 4870 and 4808 and autoracks through Harrisburg in August, 1977. With permission.
Photo Date:  8/17/1977  Upload Date: 10/5/2016 7:13:51 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Andrew J. Erlichman
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 7110(GP9) CR 4870(GG1) CR 4808(GG1)
Views:  416   Comments: 0
CR 4808
Title:  CR 4808
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/26/1978  Upload Date: 1/3/2010 9:54:25 AM
Location:  Kearny, NJ
Author:  Jim Gavin
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 4808(GG1)
Views:  421   Comments: 3
PC 4809
Title:  PC 4809
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/10/1973  Upload Date: 11/8/2009 10:11:07 AM
Location:  Kearny, NJ
Author:  Jim Gavin
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PC 4809(GG1)
Views:  443   Comments: 7
Penn Central GG1 #4809
Title:  Penn Central GG1 #4809
Description:  Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Agfachrome transparency. Wilmington, DE Yard.
Photo Date:  5/1/1973  Upload Date: 6/10/2006 2:05:52 PM
Location:  Landlith, DE
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4809(GG1)
Views:  558   Comments: 0
PC 4809 east
Title:  PC 4809 east
Description:  Thanks Dad for letting me borrow the '69 Volks automatic stickshift
Photo Date:  11/16/1975  Upload Date: 2/14/2013 10:22:27 PM
Location:  Florin, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PC 4809(GG1)
Views:  451   Comments: 0
PC 4809 East with 4855; freight on the old PRR main
Title:  PC 4809 East with 4855; freight on the old PRR main
Description:  A cold November afternoon...
Photo Date:  11/16/1975  Upload Date: 7/23/2013 9:03:09 PM
Location:  Florin, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PC 4809(GG1)
Views:  476   Comments: 0
PC GG1 4809
Title:  PC GG1 4809
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/7/1976  Upload Date: 10/28/2007 6:40:24 AM
Location:  Kearny, NJ
Author:  Jim Gavin
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PC 4809(GG1)
Views:  613   Comments: 0
PC 4809 leads TV12 into Waverly yard
Title:  PC 4809 leads TV12 into Waverly yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/30/1976  Upload Date: 6/13/2020 10:47:59 PM
Location:  Newark, NJ
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4809(GG1)
Views:  155   Comments: 2
G's at Orangeville
Title:  G's at Orangeville
Description:  Conrail GG1 4809 leads a southbound freight train while the Baltimore tunnel helper passes on number 1 track at Orangeville, MD. Best guess date 1976
Photo Date:  9/1/1976  Upload Date: 5/26/2010 10:55:47 PM
Location:  Orangeville, MD
Author:  George L. Pitz
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 4809(GG1)
Views:  633   Comments: 0
CR 4809 (RF)
Title:  CR 4809 (RF)
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/6/1977  Upload Date: 8/24/2007 3:43:21 PM
Location:  Kearny, NJ
Author:  Jim Gavin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 4809(GG1)
Views:  461   Comments: 0
AMTK 428
Title:  AMTK 428
Description:  Interesting juxtaposition of 1930s, '50s and '70s locomotive technology at Harrisburg, PA.
Photo Date:  5/30/1977  Upload Date: 1/16/2006 10:59:58 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Vincent J. Benkovitz
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 428(E9A) CR 4809(GG1) EMDX 1976(GM10B)
Views:  2050   Comments: 0
Conrail GG-1's 4809 & 4885 has AST-4 south bound
Title:  Conrail GG-1's 4809 & 4885 has AST-4 south bound
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/12/1978  Upload Date: 7/7/2010 4:43:34 PM
Location:  lawranceville, NJ
Author:  Jack D. Kuiphoff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 4809(GG1) CR 4885(GG1)
Views:  643   Comments: 1
CR 4809
Title:  CR 4809
Description:  The AST-4 puts Trenton in the distance as it heads for South Kearny and Meadows Yard. The AST-4 was also known as the Astronaut.
Photo Date:  2/20/1978  Upload Date: 4/15/2005 8:15:34 PM
Location:  Lawrenceville, NJ
Author:  John C Durant
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 4809(GG1) CR 4885(GG1)
Views:  1090   Comments: 0
Conrail GG1 4809
Title:  Conrail GG1 4809
Description:  Conrail GG1 4809 leads 4854 as they roar through Morrisville in March, 1978.
Photo Date:  3/4/1978  Upload Date: 5/3/2015 11:03:58 AM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CR 4809(GG1)
Views:  202   Comments: 0
Conrail GG1 4809
Title:  Conrail GG1 4809
Description:  Conrail GG1 4809 leads 4854 as they roar through Morrisville in March, 1978.
Photo Date:  3/4/1978  Upload Date: 5/3/2015 11:07:52 AM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CR 4809(GG1)
Views:  233   Comments: 0
Conrail GG1 4809 and 4854
Title:  Conrail GG1 4809 and 4854
Description:  Conrail GG1 4809 leads 4854 as they roar through Morrisville in March, 1978.
Photo Date:  3/4/1978  Upload Date: 5/3/2015 11:08:59 AM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CR 4809(GG1) CR 4854(GG1)
Views:  364   Comments: 0
CR 4936
Title:  CR 4936
Description:  CR 4936
Photo Date:  8/26/1978  Upload Date: 2/4/2017 8:16:22 PM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 4936(GG1) CR 4809(GG1)
Views:  415   Comments: 1
CR GG1 4809
Title:  CR GG1 4809
Description:  CR GG1 4809 at Wilmington, Delaware on an unknown day in May 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  5/1/1979  Upload Date: 8/20/2012 12:16:27 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CR 4809(GG1)
Views:  389   Comments: 0
My last shot oY a G-powered freight on the NEC
Title:  My last shot oY a G-powered freight on the NEC
Description:  CR 4850-4809 North on an ore train
Photo Date:  7/15/1979  Upload Date: 10/27/2014 6:18:44 PM
Location:  Aberdeen, MD
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 4809(GG1)
Views:  227   Comments: 0
Last run on CR for GG1's 4864 and 4809?
Title:  Last run on CR for GG1's 4864 and 4809?
Description:  This may have been the last run on CR for GG1's 4864 and 4809 as they hustle through Morrisville on November 17, 1979. The last run for the CR GG1's was the day before Thanksgiving on 11/21/1979 by GG1's 4859 and 4887 out of Enola.
Photo Date:  11/17/1979  Upload Date: 12/19/2016 12:04:36 PM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 4864(GG1) CR 4809(GG1)
Views:  502   Comments: 4
Last run for CR GG1s 4864 and 4809?
Title:  Last run for CR GG1s 4864 and 4809?
Description:  This may have been the last run on CR for GG1's 4864 and 4809 as they hustle through Morrisville on November 17, 1979. The last run for the CR GG1's was the day before Thanksgiving on 11/21/1979 by GG1's 4859 and 4887 out of Enola.
Photo Date:  11/17/1979  Upload Date: 12/19/2016 12:05:11 PM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  CR 4809(GG1)
Views:  236   Comments: 2
CR 4809 in scrap line
Title:  CR 4809 in scrap line
Description:  At Rutherford Yard, in the shadow of the old Reading RR coal dock
Photo Date:  9/12/1981  Upload Date: 4/10/2013 5:41:58 PM
Location:  Rutherford, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 4809(GG1)
Views:  401   Comments: 3
CR GG1's 4854 and 4809
Title:  CR GG1's 4854 and 4809
Description:  On a snow-covered March day, CR GG-1's 4809 and 4854 roll freight through Morrisville on the Northeast corridor.
Photo Date:  8/25/2014  Upload Date: 9/10/2015 12:04:20 PM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CR 4854(GG1) CR 4809(GG1)
Views:  256   Comments: 0
PRR 4810, GG-1, 1965
Title:  PRR 4810, GG-1, 1965
Description:  Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Trenton, New Jersey, during the Winter of 1964-1965. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4810, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built by General Electric in July of 1935, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and retired in July of 1969 after 34 years of faithful service. Raymond C. Laws Collection.
Photo Date:  1/23/1965  Upload Date: 3/9/2019 3:56:39 PM
Location:  Trenton, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 4810(GG1)
Views:  284   Comments: 0


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