The thought hit me the other day as to who designed the GG1 in the first place. Raymond Lowey refined the initial design which made the GG1 what it was.
From Wikipedia
"The first designer for the GG1 project was industrial designer Donald Roscoe Dohner, who produced initial scale styling models, although the completed prototype looked somewhat different.[15][16] At some point, PRR hired famed industrial designer Raymond Loewy to "enhance the GG1's aesthetics."[8][15]"
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There was an article written about Dohner and his GG1 in another well known magazine a few years ago.
Old Rivits and the smaller GG-1 styling clones give a good indication of what the GGs would have looked liked without RL. Not awful, but not really better. I did a lot of body work on cars and hate the wavey look now.. That's from welding and grinding the welds flat along the seams vs rivited panels. I.e. they kinda needed some Bondo smoothed on too, but lead was the filler of choice, mostly because that was the only thing available back then.
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Dan Padova posted:The thought hit me the other day as to who designed the GG1 in the first place. Raymond Lowey refined the initial design which made the GG1 what it was.
From Wikipedia
"The first designer for the GG1 project was industrial designer Donald Roscoe Dohner, who produced initial scale styling models, although the completed prototype looked somewhat different.[15][16] At some point, PRR hired famed industrial designer Raymond Loewy to "enhance the GG1's aesthetics."[8][15]"
Here's a book on the Bay that I have that might answer a lot of your questions. This is not me selling as I won't sell my copy. But it's is an interesting book. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Caree...a:g:re8AAOSwPK5Ze7aG
what Big Jim refers to is an article in the 'Keystone' by the PRRT&HS.
Just bought from Amazon for $18.25 plus shipping.
There is a good article on this in a Classic Trains magazine within the past 5 - 10 years. I probably have it packed away and inaccessible for now. If I remember correctly, the G Motor was on the cover...
In my opinion, the systems architecture for GG1 was by the PRR borrowing technology from the New Haven's EP3, General Electric did the locomotive's vehicle design, Donald Dohner designed the basic shell and Raymond Loewy enhanced the shell.
The riveted shell of the GG1 4800 was designed by Donald Dohner, similar to his P5a shell. After the 4800 was built, the PRR hired Raymond Loewy to enhance the shell. Loewy contributed the smooth welded shell and the 5-stripe pinstripes.
I don't know if Karl Zimmerman's book, The Remarkable GG1, is still in print, but it's well worth reading. Plenty of photos and good reading content.
Here is a link to one on Ebay
I seem to remember Mr Loewy took a look at the prototype and was asked to make suggestions. i believe the story goes he climbed over the loco marking suggested revisions which those in charge simply told their staff to follow Mr Loewy's instructions.
I am sure this is a variation of the story but memory is one of three things that fail as we age. i forget what the other two are,
Tom Tee posted:I am sure this is a variation of the story but memory is one of three things that fail as we age. i forget what the other two are,
CRS - Can't Remember Stuff & - Old Timer's Disease - at least that's what my children tell me! LoL! 
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