Gg1 Locomotive Interior

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Gg1 locomotive interior. The body was similar in style to the modified p5a with a steeple cab and twin central crew cabins one facing each way the gg1 is bi directional but longer the gg1 was 80 feet long and weighed 475 000lbs with a striking streamlined body composed of riveted sheets the world had seen nothing like it in 1934. The 4876 lost its brakes and pulled the federal express right into washington terminal crashed into the concourse and fell into the basement. Elsey for prr where prr demanded a passenger locomotive to haul 15 standard cars at 100 mph on level track.

The last gg1 was retired by new jersey transit in 1983. The locomotive included a continuous rating of 4 680 hp which could sometimes peak as high as 10 000 hp giving the locomotive impressive acceleration and pulling power. Most have been scrapped but sixteen are in museums.

The gg1 entered service with the prr in 1935 and later ran on successor railroads penn central conrail and amtrak. Depicts the engine change at south amboy new jersey a. However the gg1 quickly proved that it was the superior motor and the prr selected it to replace the p5s.

It was cut up into small sections so it could be removed from the basement shipped back to altoona for reassembly. The prr gg1 was a class of electric locomotives built for the pennsylvania railroad in the northeastern united states. Video and stills from the inside of the pennsylvania railroad museum in strasburg pa.

If you like the gg 1 electric locomotive there are a lot of pictures. A gg1 frame looks more like a bridge than a locomotive. They also hoped that the new s1 steam locomotive would have a performance equal to their gg1 electric engine and would be capable of hauling a 1 000 ton passenger train at 100 mph.

This is the source of the designation gg1 g was prr code for a 4 6 0 steam locomotive.