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The GG1 Homepage
<http://www.spikesys.com/GG1/>


This site is for the virtual preservation of the standard electric
locomotive of the world, the Pennsylvania Railroad's GG1


GG1 Background

What's so special about the GG1? Longevity. The first GG1 went into
service in 1935 and the last was taken out of service in 1983. The GG1
outlasted the railroad that built it and its successor road. This may be
in part due to the fact that the GG1 was not handed a spot in the PRR
inventory, it earned it. It was inspired by the nearby New Haven boxcab
electric EP-3a that served that road so well. PRR was in the market for a
new electric but the R-1 was offered in addition to the GG1. The R1 and
GG1 inherited their general styling from the smaller modified P5a. The GG1
recieved the special attention of industrial designer Raymond Loewy, who,
with minor changes in the sheet metal and major changes with the livery,
made the GG1 the visual classic it is. Despite the other omnipresent items
designed by Loewy, he stated he was always especially fond of the job he
did on the G. The R-1 had a smaller single frame 2-D-2 wheel arrangement,
compared to the GG1's multiframed 2-C+C-2. The PRR put both locos through
their paces and the GG1 came out on top with slightly better tracking
characteristics.


Read more of the background at the URL above.



Website Contents


GG1 Specs
<http://www.spikesys.com/GG1/specs.html>


GG1 Survivor List
<http://www.spikesys.com/GG1/survive.html>


Full Roster
<http://www.spikesys.com/GG1/roster.html>


GG1 Paint Schemes
<http://www.spikesys.com/GG1/paint.html>


GG1 Reference Sources
<http://www.spikesys.com/GG1/sources.html>


GG1 Related Internet Resources
<http://www.spikesys.com/GG1/links.html>


GG1 Technojargon
<http://www.spikesys.com/GG1/tech.html>



Content Sample:


GG1 Related Internet Resources


Surviving GG1s, by Wes Barris.
Pennsylvania Railroad GG1
The Broad Way: A Pennsylvania Railroad Home Page, by Mark D. Bej.
David W. Dupler's PA Rail Pics.
Wes Barris' Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg, PA.
Fine Art Models' GG1.


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Some Additional Sources About the GG1


PRR GG1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRR_GG1>

The Pennsylvania Railroad's GG1 class of electric locomotives were built
between 1934 to 1943 at the PRR shops in Altoona, Pennsylvania, with a
total of 139 units constructed. They remained in service with the PRR's
successors until the early 1980s. The GG1 became one of the most
recognized and famous classes of locomotive worldwide.


Contents

1 Technical information
2 History
2.1 A GG1 crash
2.2 Disposition
2.3 Surviving examples
2.4 Last scrapped GG1s
3 The GG1 in the movies
4 References
5 External links


Technical information

The GG1s were large locomotives, 79 ft 6 in (24.23 m) long and weighing
477,000 lb (216,000 kg). The double-ended main body was a single unit
formed as a bridge-truss framework and clad in welded steel plate. The
cabs were set up high about a third of the way along the locomotive from
each end for greater crew safety in the event of an accident. A narrower
section of nose in front of the cab windows was lowered to improve the
view forward, although the central part of the nose remained full height
to carry the current-collection pantographs. The bodywork as a whole was
smoothly rounded, with an appearance that suggested immense power and
speed.

This was mounted upon two great cast steel locomotive frames linked by a
hinge at the locomotive's middle which allowed side-to-side movement. Six
driving wheels (three axles) were fitted towards the center of the
locomotive on each truck (twelve in total) and a four-wheeled, unpowered
guiding truck was mounted toward each end. In the Whyte notation for steam
locomotives, each frame comprised a 4-6-0 locomotive; in the PRR's
classification system, 4-6-0s were class "G".


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External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: PRR GG1

The Pennsylvania Railroad GG1: The "Congressionals" and "The Senator"

NIHS Wreck of the Federal Express

The Crash of Runaway Train #173

"The GG1 homepage"

GG1 Photos: Conrail Cyclopedia


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"Stan's Railpix ; Pennsylvania Railroad GG-1 Photo Galleries."


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The Pennsylvania Railroad GG1
Steam Locomotive.com
<http://www.steamlocomotive.com/GG1/>

Page Contents: [Surviving GG1s] [GG1 Numbering] [GG1 Deliveries]
[GG1 Status] [GG1 Paint Schemes] [GG1 Specifications] [GG1 Glossary]
[Will a GG1 ever run again?] [GG1 Pages on the Web] [GG1 Reference]



GG-1 Electric Locomotive #4935
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/25843576@N02/2815185915/>



Pennsylvania Railroad GG-1 Page 1 of 2 Stan's Railpix
<http://www.trainweb.org/railpix/prr-gg1-1.html>



Pennsylvania Railroad GG-1; Page 2 of 2 Stan's Railpix
<http://www.trainweb.org/railpix/prr-gg1-2.html>



#83 Penn. RR GG1 Electric Locomotive #4800 (1943)
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvannia
Rte 741E., P.O. Box 125
Strasburg, PA 17579
ASME Landmarks
<http://www.asme.org/Communities/History/
Landmarks/Penn_RR_GG1_Electric.cfm>



GG1 Roster
North East Rails
PRR GG1 Roster
Electric Locomotives
<http://www.northeast.railfan.net/gg1rstr.html>



The Legendary Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 Electric Locomotive
American Rails.com
<http://www.american-rails.com/pennsylvania-railroad-gg1.html>



GG1 Electric Locomotive - Tuscan by Lionel
Price: $1,275
Item #: 859849
Availability: In Stock
FAO Schwartz
[Lionel Model for Electric Train Set]
<http://www.fao.com/catalog/product.jsp?
productId=8519&categoryId=573&parentCategoryId=
102&name=GG1+Electric+Locomotive+-+Tuscan+by+Lionel+&
PIPELINE_SESSION_ID=19c80fe0d89d484b01a697a1e3cf7051>


A shorter URL for the above link:


<http://tinyurl.com/9wgwdq>



Steve's Railroad Pages
The Pennsylvania Railroad's GG1
<http://members.localnet.com/~docsteve/railroad/gg1.htm>



The remarkable GG1
by Karl R Zimmermann
Type: Book; English
Publisher: New York : Quadrant Press, 1977.
ISBN: 091527616X 9780915276165
OCLC: 4669152



PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE GG1 4800
<http://www.google.com/url?q=http://files.asme.org/
ASMEORG/Communities/History/Landmarks/5618.pdf&sa=
X&oi=revisions_result&resnum=1&ct=result&cd=
1&usg=AFQjCNFhid8Jc2FulJ3Fe-CqYulvsNZtpg>


A shorter URL for the above link:


<http://tinyurl.com/8frhk9>



Article: Pennsylvania Railroad Electrification Strategy
Author: Bezilla, M
Journal: Business and economic history
ISSN: 0894-6825
Date: 1980
Volume: 9 Page: 143



Article: The Late, Great Pennsylvania Station
Author: Condit, CW
Journal: Technology and culture
ISSN: 0040-165X
Date: 1987
Volume: 28 Issue: 4 Page: 885



Article: Set Up Running: The Life of a Pennsylvania Railroad Engineman,
1904-1949
Author: Gamst, FC
Journal: Technology and culture
ISSN: 0040-165X
Date: 2002
Volume: 43 Page: 441



Article: Steam Railroad Electrification in America, 1920-1950: The
Unrealized Potential
Author: Bezilla, M
Journal: The Public historian
ISSN: 0272-3433
Date: 1982
Volume: 4 Issue: 1 Page: 29



Article: Electric Traction on the Pennsylvania Railroad, 1895-1968
Author: Carlson, RE
Journal: The Journal of American history (Bloomington, Ind.)
ISSN: 0021-8723
Date: 1981
Volume: 68 Issue: 1 Page: 169



Railroads of Pennsylvania : fragments of the past in the Keystone
landscape
by Lorett Treese
Type: Book; English
Publisher: Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, 2003.
Edition: 1st ed | 2 Editions
ISBN: 0811726223 9780811726221
OCLC: 50228411



Pennsylvania Railroad's Broadway Limited
by Joe Welsh
Type: Book; English
Publisher: St. Paul, MN : Voyageur Press, 2006.
ISBN: 9780760323021 076032302X
OCLC: 65425926



Article: Depression Modern: The Thirties Style in America
Author: Condit, CW
Journal: Technology and culture
ISSN: 0040-165X
Date: 1977
Volume: 18 Issue: 3 Page: 567



Landmarks in Mechanical Engineering
By ASME International History & Heritage Co, American Society of
Mechanical Engineers History and Heritage Committee
Published by Purdue University Press, 1997
Original from the University of Michigan
Digitized Dec 5, 2007
ISBN 1557530939, 9781557530936
364 pages
See Page 271



Railway Age
Published by Simmons-Boardman, 1939
Item notes: v.106 1939 Jan-Mar
See Page 540



Pennsylvania Railroad: Color History
By Mike Schafer, Brian Solomon
Published by MBI Publishing Company, 1997
ISBN 0760303797, 9780760303795
128 pages
See Page 27



Historic Preservation
By National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States, National
Council for Historic Sites and Buildings
Published by National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1978
Item notes: v.30 1978



The Streamline Era
By Robert Carroll Reed
Published by Golden West Books, 1975
Original from the University of Michigan
Digitized Dec 4, 2007
ISBN 0870950533, 9780870950537
298 pages
See Page 85



Raymond Loewy: Pioneer of American Industrial Design
By Raymond Loewy, Angela Schnberger, Stephen Bayley, Internationales
Design Zentrum Berlin
Published by Prestel, 1990



Raymond Loewy: Pioneer of American Industrial Design
By Raymond Loewy, Angela Schnberger, Stephen Bayley, Internationales
Design Zentrum Berlin
Published by Prestel, 1990
Original from the University of Michigan
Digitized Dec 17, 2007
ISBN 3791310666, 9783791310664
262 pages
See Page 79



The Illustrated Directory of Trains of the World
By Brian Hollingsworth
Published by MBI Publishing Company, 2000
ISBN 0760308918, 9780760308912
480 pages
See Pages 203-204



When the Steam Railroads Electrified: By William D. Middleton
By William D. Middleton
Published by Kalmbach Books, 1974
See Page 331



The Pennsylvania Railroad, 1940s-1950s: The 1940s and 1950s
By Don Ball
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1986
ISBN 0393023575, 9780393023572
204 pages
See Page 23



The Life and Decline of the American Railroad
By John F. Stover
Published by Oxford University Press, 1970
See Page 215



Railroads of Pennsylvania: Fragments of the Past in the Keystone Landscape
By Lorett Treese
Published by Stackpole Books, 2003
ISBN 0811726223, 9780811726221
274 pages
See Page 76




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Thanks to Dennis M. Linsky, frequent contributor to the Philly_Traction
Philadelphia transit discussion group for sharing a link to the GG1 Full
Roster on another discussion group.





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