Also a woodside caboose but could not get good shot, maybe on fri when we go thru again
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Matt Makens posted:I want one
There are a few out there that are rusting away from lack of attention, I bet you could buy one if you made an offer in some cases.
It's amazing how many GG1s are still around. I stumbled across this one on a storage track on a out-of-the-way museum in New jersey last year (this photo was taken at another time and not be me, it wasn't in this spot when I saw it). I'd had no idea it was even there, and I think they had another stored out back!
p51 posted:Matt Makens posted:I want one
There are a few out there that are rusting away from lack of attention, I bet you could buy one if you made an offer in some cases.
It's amazing how many GG1s are still around. I stumbled across this one on a storage track on a out-of-the-way museum in New jersey last year (this photo was taken at another time and not be me, it wasn't in this spot when I saw it). I'd had no idea it was even there, and I think they had another stored out back!
They ran so long in revenue service that many of them ended up somewhere other than scrapped.
Could you imagine the fun being crammed in that right hand cab seat and bouncing along the NEC at 90... or easing down along the Port Road enjoying a sunset along the susie q?
For those who haven't seen these... classics
I remember looking at that engine, on layovers, on the bus ride from Penn State back to Philly. I would always tell my then future wife, she should go take a look. If I remember correctly, she was less than enthused.....lol.
By looking at the photo, the GG1 does not look like it has deteriorated much, cosmetically, since 1994-95. I guess it helps that it is under cover.
I think I remember reading a while back that Amtrak wanted it out of there.
jcovert posted:I think I remember reading a while back that Amtrak wanted it out of there.
Until a few months ago, it had been under cover in Harrisburg yard while work was being done on the station. That may have been what you read about.
spwills posted:jcovert posted:I think I remember reading a while back that Amtrak wanted it out of there.Until a few months ago, it had been under cover in Harrisburg yard while work was being done on the station. That may have been what you read about.
That could def be true.
I must say I am surprised it is still there. I wonder if they still have the historical placard in front of the engine
Rule292 posted:Could you imagine the fun being crammed in that right hand cab seat and bouncing along the NEC at 90... or easing down along the Port Road enjoying a sunset along the susie q?
I got into the cab of a GG-1 a long time ago, and I really can't tell you what museum it was at, now that I think on it. Man, that's a tight cab, I was surprised how small the cab was, given the size of the loco itself.
Matt Makens posted:I want one
Must have way too much money.....
I've never seen one 
......but I'm hoping too in October 
One of my favourites. I was just musing...I wonder why they never named any like they did/do in UK. They definitely ( IMO ) would suit and justify nameplates.
Now what would they be names after? Greek Gods, Generals?.....PRR chairman/directors? nah! never liked too many (in UK) Planets or maybe US States, they would have had to be something grand eh........The Pride of York 
being a Yorkshireman and all!
Shame, anyway for more reasons then one, I can't wait till October!
Phil.
The National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wi has a GG1! I was there a few years ago and as I recall the museum is very nice. They also have a UP Big Boy (#4017) and an Aero Train. Maybe it is time for another road trip!
Check it out.
http://www.nationalrrmuseum.or...ennsylvania-rr-4890/
Alan
IS that one still in Elkhart, Indiana? Always that one almost made it to Chicago (okay, other than IRM and Greenbay) but the catenary never did!
pennsydave posted:
Also a woodside caboose but could not get good shot, maybe on fri when we go thru again
To me, this is the most elegant version. Sans serif lettering and small keystones.
I don't what I like more, the videos or the music!!!
Of the G's preserved, I guess one could call them "The Spark of X", X being the location of the motor.
The one in ALTOONA??? 
It has taken all I have to not buy one of these. My only "justification" being that the N&W didn't have any. That is a beautiful locomotive, and I really enjoy seeing them run on our club's modular layout. It is good that so many have survived.
Here's another of the one in Harrisburg, taken in 1997. I just blundered into it. Had no idea it was there!
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Dan Padova posted:To me, this is the most elegant version. Sans serif lettering and small keystones.
Dan, that is the truth!!
