Nostalgia & History > BB goes east and bags a big electric w/big lettering: PRR GG1

If it was an electric Bruce Black would find it ... here's a photo of his from 4/64 ... no location noted, but clearly not in Little Joe territory.

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My guess Bruce visited Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Favourite GG1 scheme. Thanks for posting.

With that diesel, first guess is Harrisburg?

timz Wrote:
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> With that diesel, first guess is Harrisburg?

I would go the Philly guess because it looks like a high line catenary pole above the G.

Yup Race St engine terminal. The Hi line cat poles in the background. --- Ken

Good point -- no poles that high in Harrisburg.

To which of its passenger trains would the PRR assign diesels out of Philadelphia?

Anything south of DC.

I rarely saw in person GG-1s running with both pantographs raised.

No doubt Philly. Been to that very spot.

Bill Rettberg
Bel Air, MD

Did PRSL trains rate E8s?

Pennsyvania-Reading Seashore Lines Timetable Form 3 - April 26, 1964 - Southern New Jersey Train Service (railfan.net)

PRR ran diesels on the Schuylkill Division to Reading and Pottsville. There were at least a pair of daily trains carrying mail and a rider car. They went away with the withdrawing of mail by th epost office.
Gonut

Between 1963 and 1983 I only saw ONE GG1 running with both pantagraphs up. Since I live in NYC  I cannot swear that it did not happen occasionally. More frequent but close to the rarity was a running GG1 with the forward pantagraph up! My late brother used to point out that almost anything was possible to see on the railroad and that was proven when I saw a GP9B leading a freight trough Elizabeth, NJ. It had come east off the Trenton cutoff - and it happened more than once!