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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Altoona GG1Built As:PRR 4857 (GG1)
Serial Number:4316Order No:
Frame Number:Westinghouse electrical gearBuilt:6/1935
Notes:PRR Class GG-1.
Other locos with this serial:  CR 4857(GG1) PC 4857(GG1) PRR 4857(GG1)
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PRR 4857, GG-1, c. 1946
Title:  PRR 4857, GG-1, c. 1946
Description:  Here is a photo of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4857, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during June of 1935 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded. Henry C. Westenberger Collection.
Photo Date:  8/15/1946  Upload Date: 7/23/2018 1:20:03 AM
Location:  Newark, DE
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4857(GG1)
Views:  797   Comments: 0
PRR 4857, GG-1, 1962
Title:  PRR 4857, GG-1, 1962
Description:  Electrified. Here is an original photo that I took in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 18 June 1962. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #4857, #4819, #4818, and three more units whose road numbers are not recorded. #4857, #4819, and #4818 are GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electrics built in Juniata and rated at 4,620 horsepower each. #4857 was built in June of 1935, while #4819 and #4818 were built in May of 1935. They're deadheading through the Passenger Station on their way South to the Wilmington Engine House. Wave to the Fireman!
Photo Date:  6/18/1962  Upload Date: 10/15/2016 1:22:21 PM
Location:  North Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  PRR 4857(GG1) PRR 4819(GG1) PRR 4818(GG1)
Views:  1035   Comments: 0
PRR 4857, GG-1, c. 1967
Title:  PRR 4857, GG-1, c. 1967
Description:  PFJ. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Robert L. Eastwood, Jr., that was taken at Frankford Junction near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, c. 1967. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4857, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during June of 1935 and rated at 4,620 horsepower.
Photo Date:  8/15/1967  Upload Date: 3/19/2019 10:04:45 AM
Location:  Frankford Junction, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  PRR 4857(GG1)
Views:  681   Comments: 0


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