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Owner: Penn Central
Model:Altoona GG1Built As:PRR 4877 (GG1)
Serial Number:4346Order No:
Frame Number:Westinghouse electrical gearBuilt:1/1939
Notes:PC Class GG-1; blt 1/39 as PRR 4877, saved.
Other locos with this serial:  NJT 4877(GG1) PRR 4877(GG1) PC 4877(GG1) NJDOT 4877(GG1) CR 4877(GG1)
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PC 4879, GG-1, c. 1970
Title:  PC 4879, GG-1, c. 1970
Description:  Electrics. Here is a photo of (L to R) Penn Central engines #4879 and #4877. Both are GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electrics built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in Juniata, rated at 4,620 horsepower each, and both preserved at the United Railway Historical Society in Boonton, New Jersey. #4879 was constructed in February of 1939, while #4877 was built in January of the same year. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded. (Gift from Brad Mann.)
Photo Date:  11/14/1970  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:33:36 AM
Location:  Chase, MD
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  PC 4879(GG1) PC 4877(GG1)
Views:  260   Comments: 0
PC 4877 (RF)
Title:  PC 4877 (RF)
Description:  The 4877 whips up the snow during a January storm.
Photo Date:  1/20/1975  Upload Date: 8/4/2007 5:29:31 AM
Location:  Metropark, NJ
Author:  Jim Gavin
Categories:  Winter,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  PC 4877(GG1)
Views:  626   Comments: 0
Glimpse of greatness
Title:  Glimpse of greatness
Description:  I rode the cab of an Oyster Bay train into Hunterspoint Av as part of a rider outreach program in 1978. This gave me vantage points I would not have otherwise had, such as this view out the window of FA 610 near Harold tower. The partial engine is SW 1001 105, one of a pair of units-the other was 101-kept there as protect power to pull an M 1 train out of the tunnel if it became necessary. That engine is not the star here. Down in the hole, partly obscured, is GG 1 4877, then a Conrail unit, pulling into the turning loop that trains from Penn Station use to get into Sunnyside Yard. In three more years, that engine will be repainted into the red PRR Congressional scheme, and live out the remaining two years of its existence running commuters at high speed between New York and South Amboy.
Photo Date:  4/10/1978  Upload Date: 11/30/2016 2:39:14 AM
Location:  Sunnyside, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  PC 4877(GG1) LI 105(SW1001)
Views:  558   Comments: 0
PC 4877
Title:  PC 4877
Description:  no date or location
Photo Date:  7/11/1982  Upload Date: 3/23/2013 8:27:09 AM
Location:  Unknown, NY
Author:  Jack Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4877(GG1)
Views:  271   Comments: 0
PRR GG1 4877
Title:  PRR GG1 4877
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2013  Upload Date: 9/22/2013 4:17:12 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Kevin Wong
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Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1) PC 4877(GG1) NJT 4877(GG1)
Views:  639   Comments: 0


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