Nostalgia & History > A few GG-1 Pictures

Found this retired GG-1 # 4910 sitting at Manville, N.J. yard on 5-9-82; I wonder what its eventual fate was. saved or scrapped.

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On 6-28-80 caught Amtrak # 926 leaving Newark, N.J. with a westbound train for Washington, D.C. What I wouldn't give to be in the cab of the second unit on this train.

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Another day another GG-1. This one caught at Edison, N.J. on 4-29-78 with # 901 in the lead with another unit in Amtrak red and silver headed for New York..

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Here is P.R.R. GG-1 # 4907 making a station stop at New Brunswick, N.J. on 4-30-68 before proceeding on the New York..

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Got the # 4896 in P.C. colors westbound thru Jersey Ave. station in New Brunswick, N.J. on 8-18-74. G's looked ok in P.C. when they were clean in my opinion but still can't compare to P.R.R. Brunswick Green witht the large stripe and keystone on the side....

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gg1tim Wrote:
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> Found this retired GG-1 # 4910 sitting at
> Manville, N.J. yard on 5-9-82; I wonder what its
> eventual fate was. saved or scrapped.

Doesn't look like this one made it.

http://www.spikesys.com/GG1/survive.html

http://www.steamlocomotive.com/GG1/

Thanks gg1Tim! Great stuff as usual!

Great shots - you must have an unlimited supply!

Anyone know how so many GG1's were able to be saved?
Was it primarily the generousity of;
strapped for cash Amtrak?
the then government owned Conrail?
or NJ Transit?

Perhaps that this engine was owned by so many railroads each offering a donation.

Did the B&O RR Museum at one time own both the #4890 and #4876?
Why (and when) was the clean GG1 #4890 from the B&O RR Museum moved to Wisconsin?

Beats me why so many GG-1's were saved. I personally would have liked to see more than one E-44 saved as well a P5a modified as only 1 P5a unmodified was saved. Also I always wonder why at least 1 of the P.R.R. T-1 steam engines wasn't saved and perhaps a pair of the passenger Sharks. One can always dream however.

Just a wild guess, but if they had some kind of rectifiers or transformers that had pcb containing oil, they might have cost more to scrap than to save. Plus probably every RR museum back there wanted one. They were a very unique and memorable piece of history by the time they were reaching the end of their line.

I remember going through Harrison in the summer of 1987 and there was a line of dead GG1s. Anyone know how long they were there or have any pictures of them? The train I was on was moving too fast to get pictures.