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CR 4800 in blue
Title:  CR 4800 in blue
Description:  Conrail GG1 4800 in blue is southbound on number 3 track passing Edgewood tower. Bst guess date 1978
Photo Date:  5/1/1978  Upload Date: 7/22/2010 8:20:45 AM
Location:  Edgewood, MD
Author:  George L. Pitz
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 4800(GG1)
Views:  846   Comments: 0
CR 4891
Title:  CR 4891
Description:  Wearing its PRR Brunswick Green and Dulux GG1 4891 leads Blue 4800 on SEWA-7 holding for traffic at Perryville.
Photo Date:  5/20/1978  Upload Date: 4/18/2005 8:22:59 PM
Location:  Perryville, MD
Author:  John C Durant
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 4891(GG1) CR 4800(GG1)
Views:  2046   Comments: 1
CR 4800 and 4425
Title:  CR 4800 and 4425
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/28/1978  Upload Date: 12/18/2010 5:15:21 PM
Location:  Meadows Terrace, NJ
Author:  Joseph Wollney
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 4800(GG1) CR 4425(E44)
Views:  1411   Comments: 1
GG1 4800 in blue
Title:  GG1 4800 in blue
Description:  This locomotive needs no introduction
Photo Date:  7/1/1978  Upload Date: 9/25/2010 8:03:08 PM
Location:  Orangeville, MD
Author:  George L. Pitz
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 4800(GG1)
Views:  977   Comments: 0
CR 4800...the Baltimore tunnel helper
Title:  CR 4800...the Baltimore tunnel helper
Description:  GG1 4800 working as the Baltimore tunnel helper waits to assist in shoving a loaded southbound coal train through the B&P tunnel.
Photo Date:  7/15/1978  Upload Date: 5/19/2011 9:13:53 PM
Location:  Orangeville, MD
Author:  George L. Pitz
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 4800(GG1)
Views:  1294   Comments: 1
First in line
Title:  First in line
Description:  CR E44 4453 is first in line on the ready track at Orangeville enginehouse.
Photo Date:  9/4/1978  Upload Date: 9/25/2010 8:02:58 PM
Location:  Orangeville, MD
Author:  George L. Pitz
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 4453(E44) CR 4800(GG1)
Views:  856   Comments: 0
GG1 CR 4800
Title:  GG1 CR 4800
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/1978  Upload Date: 6/21/2003 4:06:48 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Harv Kahn
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 4800(GG1)
Views:  1587   Comments: 0
CR GG1 4800 at Morrisville
Title:  CR GG1 4800 at Morrisville
Description:  CR GG-1 4800 waits at the tail end of a trio of GG-1s at Morrisville yard in February, 1979. The prototype for the great GG-1 fleet went through many paint schemes in its storied career. A simple CR blue with the large "can opener" replaced the wild red, white and blue Bicentennial scheme that lasted from 1976 through the summer of 1977.
Photo Date:  2/28/1979  Upload Date: 4/17/2015 4:54:15 PM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 4800(GG1)
Views:  448   Comments: 0
CR GG1s 4865 and 4800 at Morrisville
Title:  CR GG1s 4865 and 4800 at Morrisville
Description:  CR GG-1 4865 leads a trio of GG1s, including 4800, at Morrisville yard in February, 1979.
Photo Date:  2/28/1979  Upload Date: 4/17/2015 5:56:55 PM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 4865(GG1) CR 4800(GG1)
Views:  465   Comments: 0
CR GG1 4800 at Morrisville
Title:  CR GG1 4800 at Morrisville
Description:  CR GG-1 4800 waits at the tail end of a trio of GG-1s at Morrisville yard in February, 1979. A simple CR blue with the large "can opener" replaced the wild red, white and blue Bicentennial scheme that lasted from 1976 through the summer of 1977.
Photo Date:  2/28/1979  Upload Date: 4/17/2015 5:30:16 PM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 4800(GG1)
Views:  426   Comments: 0
CR GG-1 #4800 rolls a westbound through the station at Frankford Junction
Title:  CR GG-1 #4800 rolls a westbound through the station at Frankford Junction
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/13/1979  Upload Date: 8/8/2011 4:58:11 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Michael Desoi
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 4800(GG1)
Views:  854   Comments: 1
CR GG1 4800, only G in Blue
Title:  CR GG1 4800, only G in Blue
Description:  CR 4800 leads another GG1 past its apparent sucsessor in E44 4407 with an eb TV train at Harrisburg Pa
Photo Date:  3/17/1979  Upload Date: 10/14/2006 11:10:49 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Ben Helsel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 4800(GG1)
Views:  1075   Comments: 0
CR 4800
Title:  CR 4800
Description:  Its a cold, rainy, miserable March 26, 1979 as ENCR's power reverses back to its train after making a set out.
Photo Date:  3/26/1979  Upload Date: 11/13/2004 11:59:13 AM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  John C Durant
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 4800(GG1) CR 4867(GG1)
Views:  2093   Comments: 1
Conrail GG1s #4800 & #4850
Title:  Conrail GG1s #4800 & #4850
Description:  Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency.
Photo Date:  4/15/1979  Upload Date: 9/26/2006 9:12:14 PM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 4800(GG1) CR 4850(GG1)
Views:  1436   Comments: 1
CR 4800 view 2
Title:  CR 4800 view 2
Description:  Second view of CR 4800 August 28, 1979
Photo Date:  8/28/1979  Upload Date: 5/28/2013 9:51:52 AM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  M.R. Black "Blackie"
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 4800(GG1)
Views:  583   Comments: 0
CR 4800
Title:  CR 4800
Description:  CR 4800 at Enola August 28, 1979. Photo Contributor age 5.
Photo Date:  8/28/1979  Upload Date: 5/28/2013 9:40:03 AM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  M.R. Black "Blackie"
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CR 4800(GG1)
Views:  612   Comments: 0
CR 4865 8/28/1979
Title:  CR 4865 8/28/1979
Description:  CR 4865 with CR 4800
Photo Date:  8/28/1979  Upload Date: 5/28/2013 9:57:47 AM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  M.R. Black "Blackie"
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 4865(GG1) CR 4800(GG1)
Views:  688   Comments: 0
CR 4800
Title:  CR 4800
Description:  The original riveted GG1 (all the others had welded carbodies)
Photo Date:  10/12/1979  Upload Date: 12/3/2005 8:47:45 AM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  Stephen J. Benkovitz
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 4800(GG1)
Views:  1303   Comments: 1
CR 4800, GG-1, 1980
Title:  CR 4800, GG-1, 1980
Description:  Old Rivets. Here is an original 35mm color slide that was taken at Conrail's Electric Locomotive Shops in Wilmington, Delaware. Shown here is CR engine #4800, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built by General Electric for the Pennsylvania Railroad as number "4899" during August of 1934, rated at 4,620 horsepower, renumbered "4800" in November of 1934, owned successively by Penn Central and Conrail, and presently on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg. The photographer's name and the exact date are not recorded.
Photo Date:  7/4/1980  Upload Date: 7/21/2021 8:19:55 AM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CR 4800(GG1)
Views:  256   Comments: 0
Conrail GE GG1 No. 4800
Title:  Conrail GE GG1 No. 4800
Description:  Pennsylvania Railroad Museum
Photo Date:  7/23/1980  Upload Date: 9/7/2008 8:05:33 AM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Bill Rogerson
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 4800(GG1)
Views:  959   Comments: 2
Conrail (CR) GE GG1 No. 4800
Title:  Conrail (CR) GE GG1 No. 4800
Description:  Ex Pennsylvania Railroad No. 4800 - Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
Photo Date:  7/23/1980  Upload Date: 12/27/2008 12:52:26 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Bill Rogerson
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 4800(GG1)
Views:  1223   Comments: 2
CR 4800, GG-1, c. 1980
Title:  CR 4800, GG-1, c. 1980
Description:  Old Rivets. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Vernon Ryder, Jr. Shown here is Conrail engine #4800, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built by General Electric for the Pennsylvania Railroad as number "4899" during August of 1934, rated at 4,620 horsepower, renumbered "4800" in November of 1934, owned successively by Penn Central and Conrail, and presently on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg. The date and the location are not recorded. ("LouisFols"; #7 of 12)
Photo Date:  8/15/1980  Upload Date: 7/1/2019 3:57:15 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CR 4800(GG1)
Views:  349   Comments: 1
Conrail 4800
Title:  Conrail 4800
Description:  The first GG1 at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg in October 1980. It was one of very few GG1s to be repainted in Conrail blue.
Photo Date:  10/11/1980  Upload Date: 8/31/2013 3:37:16 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 4800(GG1)
Views:  215   Comments: 0
Conrail 4800
Title:  Conrail 4800
Description:  The first GG1 at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg in October 1980.
Photo Date:  10/15/1980  Upload Date: 7/24/2013 7:20:13 AM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 4800(GG1)
Views:  346   Comments: 0
CR 4800, GG-1, c. 1981
Title:  CR 4800, GG-1, c. 1981
Description:  Old Rivets. Here is an original 35mm color slide showing Conrail engine #4800, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built by General Electric for the Pennsylvania Railroad as number "4899" during August of 1934, rated at 4,620 horsepower, renumbered "4800" in November of 1934, owned successively by Penn Central and Conrail, and presently on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg. The photographer's name and the exact date are not recorded.
Photo Date:  5/5/1981  Upload Date: 2/15/2020 9:19:07 AM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CR 4800(GG1)
Views:  558   Comments: 0
GG1 4800 at Wilmington
Title:  GG1 4800 at Wilmington
Description:  GG1 4800 at Wilmington shops after running its last miles.
Photo Date:  12/31/1981  Upload Date: 5/19/2011 9:01:54 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  George Pitz
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 4800(GG1)
Views:  1159   Comments: 0
4800 in Conrail blue
Title:  4800 in Conrail blue
Description:  In the railroad museum yard
Photo Date:  9/20/1982  Upload Date: 2/24/2014 8:28:51 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 4800(GG1)
Views:  350   Comments: 0
4800 in primer paint
Title:  4800 in primer paint
Description:  Inside the Strasburg Shops, being prepped for a coat of PRR Brunswick Green
Photo Date:  10/9/1982  Upload Date: 2/24/2014 8:29:18 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 4800(GG1)
Views:  355   Comments: 0
PRR 4800 in the railroad museum yard
Title:  PRR 4800 in the railroad museum yard
Description:  With its widely spaced stripe scheme
Photo Date:  10/16/1982  Upload Date: 2/24/2014 8:29:51 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4800(GG1)
Views:  890   Comments: 0
Cosmetically restored by the Strasburg Shops
Title:  Cosmetically restored by the Strasburg Shops
Description:  At the RR Museum of PA yard
Photo Date:  10/16/1982  Upload Date: 7/20/2013 5:56:58 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 4800(GG1)
Views:  1214   Comments: 0
Ex-PRR 4800, GG-1, c. 1982
Title:  Ex-PRR 4800, GG-1, c. 1982
Description:  Old Rivets. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Vernon Ryder, Jr. Shown here is ex-Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4800, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built by General Electric as number "4899" during August of 1934, rated at 4,620 horsepower, renumbered "4800" in November of 1934, owned successively by Penn Central and Conrail, and presently on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg. The exact date and the location are not recorded. ("LouisFols"; #8 of 12)
Photo Date:  10/17/1982  Upload Date: 7/1/2019 3:58:39 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 4800(GG1)
Views:  586   Comments: 1
Admiring fans of 4800 in the RR Museum of PA yard
Title:  Admiring fans of 4800 in the RR Museum of PA yard
Description:  Perhaps it will someday again be cosmetically restored; it's in black primer currently, stored outdoors in poor condition.
Photo Date:  11/20/1982  Upload Date: 7/20/2013 5:58:10 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4800(GG1)
Views:  698   Comments: 0
PRR 4800 GG1
Title:  PRR 4800 GG1
Description:  The first GG1 built, named "Old Rivets" for its all riveted exterior shell.
Photo Date:  2/19/1983  Upload Date: 8/11/2010 9:18:46 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Jim Appleman
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 4800(GG1)
Views:  3378   Comments: 1
AMTK 1155
Title:  AMTK 1155
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/21/1985  Upload Date: 7/19/2012 8:21:47 PM
Location:  Sacramento, CA
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4800(GG1)
Views:  422   Comments: 1
PRR 4800, GG-1, c. 1960
Title:  PRR 4800, GG-1, c. 1960
Description:  Old Rivets. Here is an original 35mm color slide by H.W. Johnson that was taken in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, in June of 1987. Shown here is a plaque entitled "National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark, Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 Electric Locomotive No. 4800." PRR engine #4800 is a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric locomotive built by General Electric as number "4899" during August of 1934, rated at 4,620 horsepower, renumbered "4800" in November of 1934, owned successively by Penn Central and Conrail, and presently on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg.
Photo Date:  6/21/1987  Upload Date: 12/12/2023 9:48:06 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4800(GG1)
Views:  137   Comments: 0
"Pennsy's GG1s," Page 32, 1987
Title:  "Pennsy's GG1s," Page 32, 1987
Description:  Here is page one of a seven-page article by Karl Zimmermann entitled "Pennsy's GG1s." It was published originally in the July-August 1987 issue of "Locomotive & Railway Preservation" magazine, page 32. Top Photo: Shown here is PRR engine #4800, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built by General Electric as number "4899" in August of 1934, rated at 4,620 horsepower, renumbered "4800" in November of 1934, and now on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. This is "Old Rivets."
Photo Date:  7/1/1987  Upload Date: 10/12/2024 10:54:14 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4800(GG1)
Views:  53   Comments: 0
"Pennsy's GG1s," Page 33, 1987
Title:  "Pennsy's GG1s," Page 33, 1987
Description:  Here is page two of a seven-page article by Karl Zimmermann entitled "Pennsy's GG1s." It was published originally in the July-August 1987 issue of "Locomotive & Railway Preservation" magazine, page 33. Second Row, Right Column: Shown here is PRR engine #4899, the R-1 (2-D-2) electric built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as number "4800" in September of 1934, rated at 5,000 horsepower, renumbered "4899" in November of 1934, renumbered "4999" in March of 1940, and retired in October of 1956. Bottom Photo: Shown here is PRR engine #4800, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built by General Electric as number "4899" in August of 1934, rated at 4,620 horsepower, renumbered "4800" in November of 1934, and now on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg. This is "Old Rivets."
Photo Date:  7/1/1987  Upload Date: 10/12/2024 10:56:01 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4999(Steeple Cab) PRR 4800(GG1)
Views:  67   Comments: 0
Inside the cab
Title:  Inside the cab
Description:  Note "4800" painted on the gray, curving frame. Cab signals immediately to left of painted numerals.
Photo Date:  8/20/1988  Upload Date: 4/2/2014 5:03:20 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4800(GG1)
Views:  1129   Comments: 0
Inside the cab
Title:  Inside the cab
Description:  Controller on left front, brakestands on the right.
Photo Date:  8/20/1988  Upload Date: 4/2/2014 5:03:48 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4800(GG1)
Views:  1015   Comments: 0
PRR 4800
Title:  PRR 4800
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/3/1989  Upload Date: 3/3/2011 5:44:37 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Steve Pappas
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4800(GG1)
Views:  767   Comments: 0
4800 and Amtrak E44 No. 502 (ex-PRR 4465)
Title:  4800 and Amtrak E44 No. 502 (ex-PRR 4465)
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/15/1995  Upload Date: 1/3/2015 5:53:17 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 4800(GG1) AMTK 502(E44)
Views:  1410   Comments: 0
"Old Rivets"
Title:  "Old Rivets"
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/6/1998  Upload Date: 2/27/2006 11:01:38 AM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Jonathan Ferraro
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4800(GG1)
Views:  1182   Comments: 0
PRR 4800 1999
Title:  PRR 4800 1999
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1999  Upload Date: 1/11/2005 7:49:37 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Jim Sands
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4800(GG1)
Views:  1818   Comments: 0
CR 4800
Title:  CR 4800
Description:  Profile shot of "Old Rivets" in Bicentennial paint
Photo Date:  12/1/2004  Upload Date: 12/1/2004 11:59:45 AM
Location:  Newark, NJ
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 4800(GG1)
Views:  2056   Comments: 7
PRR 4800
Title:  PRR 4800
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/24/2006  Upload Date: 1/11/2007 6:41:05 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Jonathon Leese
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4800(GG1)
Views:  956   Comments: 1
AMTK 603
Title:  AMTK 603
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/24/2006  Upload Date: 1/11/2007 6:41:06 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Jonathon Leese
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 603(E60) PC 4800(GG1)
Views:  1112   Comments: 0
RR Museum of PA
Title:  RR Museum of PA
Description:  Builders plate from the very first GG1.
Photo Date:  10/24/2006  Upload Date: 10/25/2006 11:24:50 AM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4800(GG1)
Views:  1052   Comments: 0
"Old Rivets"
Title:  "Old Rivets"
Description:  The very first GG1 built in 1934. Its the only GG1 with a riveted body. It is awaiting restoration at the museum.
Photo Date:  10/24/2006  Upload Date: 10/25/2006 12:22:46 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4800(GG1)
Views:  1109   Comments: 0
PRR 4800 Builder's Plate
Title:  PRR 4800 Builder's Plate
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/24/2007  Upload Date: 2/14/2012 8:21:12 AM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4800(GG1)
Views:  507   Comments: 0
PRR 4800
Title:  PRR 4800
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/24/2007  Upload Date: 2/14/2012 8:22:26 AM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4800(GG1)
Views:  480   Comments: 0


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