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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Altoona GG1Built As:PRR 4859 (GG1)
Serial Number:4326Order No:
Frame Number:GE electrical gearBuilt:12/1937
Notes:PRR Class GG-1; blt 12/1937, saved, Harrisburg
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 4859(GG1) CR 4859(GG1) PC 4859(GG1)
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PRR 4859, GG-1, c. 1956
Title:  PRR 4859, GG-1, c. 1956
Description:  Electrics. Here is a photo of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4859, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during December of 1937 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. In this context, it's just departed Washington's Union Station with "The Keystone," and is passing Ivy City Yard on its way to Baltimore and points North. Note that it's running with its lead pantograph in the "up" position. The photographer's name and the exact date are not recorded. (Gift from Brad Mann.)
Photo Date:  8/15/1956  Upload Date: 8/31/2021 9:19:42 AM
Location:  Ivy City, DC
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  232   Comments: 0
PRR 4859, GG-1, Front, 1956
Title:  PRR 4859, GG-1, Front, 1956
Description:  Here is the front side of a postal card that was published by Mary Jayne's Railroad Specialties in 1994. Photo Credit: Richard R. Wallin. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4859, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during December of 1937 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. In this context, it's powering a mail and express train in November of 1956; the location is not recorded.
Photo Date:  11/14/1956  Upload Date: 12/14/2022 7:48:24 AM
Location:  Newark, DE
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  212   Comments: 0
PRR 4859, GG-1, Back, 1956
Title:  PRR 4859, GG-1, Back, 1956
Description:  Here is the back side of a postal card that was published by Mary Jayne's Railroad Specialties in 1994. Photo Credit: Richard R. Wallin. Subject Line: "Pennsylvania Railroad's GG-1 Number 4859; November, 1956."
Photo Date:  11/14/1956  Upload Date: 12/14/2022 7:45:58 AM
Location:  Newark, DE
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  132   Comments: 0
The original paint scheme as imagined by Loewy
Title:  The original paint scheme as imagined by Loewy
Description:  With Futura Lettering
Photo Date:  10/26/1986  Upload Date: 4/7/2014 8:21:30 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  789   Comments: 1
4859 in the RR museum yard, just after cosmetic restoration
Title:  4859 in the RR museum yard, just after cosmetic restoration
Description:  Work performed by the Sreasburg Rail Road Shops. 135mm fixed telephoto view.
Photo Date:  10/26/1986  Upload Date: 4/7/2014 8:22:43 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  548   Comments: 3
The classic pin-striped nose
Title:  The classic pin-striped nose
Description:  With a few dents sustained over the years. Stripes are 1/8" wide at the bottom, 1/8" apart.
Photo Date:  10/26/1986  Upload Date: 4/7/2014 8:23:44 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  387   Comments: 0
The almost hidden builder's plate
Title:  The almost hidden builder's plate
Description:  Built by the Altoona Works, with GE electrical equipment, December, 1937
Photo Date:  10/26/1986  Upload Date: 4/7/2014 8:24:38 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  409   Comments: 0
Amtrak allowed the public on the platforms at the dedication
Title:  Amtrak allowed the public on the platforms at the dedication
Description:  This photo gives some scale to the GG1...
Photo Date:  11/15/1986  Upload Date: 4/7/2014 8:27:19 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  481   Comments: 0
The new and the old
Title:  The new and the old
Description:  An AEM-7 powered express is ready to head east
Photo Date:  11/15/1986  Upload Date: 4/7/2014 8:28:05 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  AMTK 909(AEM7) PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  601   Comments: 0
4859 in its home for the last 27+ years
Title:  4859 in its home for the last 27+ years
Description:  It hauled the first electric-powered revenue passenger train to Harrisburg on January 15, 1938.
Photo Date:  11/15/1986  Upload Date: 4/7/2014 8:30:44 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1) AMTK 909(AEM7)
Views:  615   Comments: 1
PRR 4859
Title:  PRR 4859
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/28/1987  Upload Date: 9/25/2012 7:31:41 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  S.L. Dixon
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  398   Comments: 0
PRR 4859
Title:  PRR 4859
Description:  Wikipedia has the whole history of this locomotive..check it out. PRR 4859 was moved to Harrisburg in November 1986. Still looked like fresh paint in March of 1987.
Photo Date:  3/28/1987  Upload Date: 9/25/2012 7:33:50 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  S.L. Dixon
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  718   Comments: 1
PRR 4859
Title:  PRR 4859
Description:  Hard to tell a GG1 has a cab front the front (or rear) view.
Photo Date:  3/28/1987  Upload Date: 9/25/2012 7:34:20 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  S.L. Dixon
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  400   Comments: 0
PRR 4859
Title:  PRR 4859
Description:  What a delightful sight. I wasn't expecting to actually see and touch a GG1 in my lifetime.
Photo Date:  3/28/1987  Upload Date: 9/25/2012 7:30:54 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  S.L. Dixon
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  344   Comments: 0
PRR 4859
Title:  PRR 4859
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/28/1987  Upload Date: 9/25/2012 7:35:04 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  S.L. Dixon
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  342   Comments: 0
Ex-PRR 4859, GG-1, 1988
Title:  Ex-PRR 4859, GG-1, 1988
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in August of 1988. Shown here is ex-Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4859, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during December of 1937, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and presently on display at the Harrisburg Passenger Station. The number of the N-6B cabin car pictured here is 980016. ("LouisFols"; #9 of 12)
Photo Date:  8/15/1988  Upload Date: 6/16/2019 12:41:59 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  428   Comments: 1
PRR 4859
Title:  PRR 4859
Description:  on display in Harrisburg station
Photo Date:  3/27/1989  Upload Date: 2/6/2009 6:13:31 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  1087   Comments: 0
PRR 4859 in the Amtrak Station at Harrisburg. This unit was no longer in service but had been passed over to a Preservation Group I believe.
Title:  PRR 4859 in the Amtrak Station at Harrisburg. This unit was no longer in service but had been passed over to a Preservation Group I believe.
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/1/1995  Upload Date: 12/6/2009 9:20:50 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Robert Truett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  1030   Comments: 2
PRR GG-1 #4859
Title:  PRR GG-1 #4859
Description:  this GG-1 operates and is moved a little once in a while. This GG-1 is also hard to photograph due to the station canopys
Photo Date:  5/20/1995  Upload Date: 4/6/2012 11:05:09 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  489   Comments: 0
PRR GG1 #4859
Title:  PRR GG1 #4859
Description:  One of the most famous Pennsylvania GG1's is #4859. It has the distinction of pulling the first electric train to Harrisburg on January 15, 1938. To honor that moment, it now is preserved in the passenger shed at Harrisburg, PA, station. No date or photographer was listed for this photo but many photographers have taken nearly identical photos from the staircase leading down.
Photo Date:  6/1/2000  Upload Date: 3/14/2021 7:18:22 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  235   Comments: 0
PRR GG1 #4859
Title:  PRR GG1 #4859
Description:  Here is a nose view of the famous Pennsylvania GG1 #4859 showing off the five stripe Raymond Lowey styling. No photographer or date was given for this photo.
Photo Date:  6/1/2000  Upload Date: 3/14/2021 7:18:25 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  194   Comments: 0
PRR 4859 at Harrisburg Amtrak Station
Title:  PRR 4859 at Harrisburg Amtrak Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/17/2003  Upload Date: 9/16/2008 10:14:49 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Greg Wiltsie
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  618   Comments: 0
PRR 4859
Title:  PRR 4859
Description:  PRR 4859 sitting in the Harrisburg Amtrak Station.
Photo Date:  7/21/2004  Upload Date: 12/5/2004 8:21:32 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Northeast RFan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  824   Comments: 0
PRR 4859
Title:  PRR 4859
Description:  Sitting at Harrisburg station is PRR GG1 4859, which can only be seen by ticket holders boarding a train.
Photo Date:  4/30/2005  Upload Date: 12/3/2005 3:48:53 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Stephen Bradley
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  680   Comments: 0
PRR 4859
Title:  PRR 4859
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/11/2006  Upload Date: 4/12/2006 10:16:46 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  850   Comments: 0
PRR 4859
Title:  PRR 4859
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/11/2006  Upload Date: 4/12/2006 10:17:25 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  737   Comments: 0
PRR 4859
Title:  PRR 4859
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/11/2006  Upload Date: 4/12/2006 10:17:53 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  777   Comments: 0
PRR 4859
Title:  PRR 4859
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/11/2006  Upload Date: 4/12/2006 10:18:46 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  677   Comments: 0
Pennsylvania Railroad Company GE GG1 No. 4859 and Caboose No. 980016
Title:  Pennsylvania Railroad Company GE GG1 No. 4859 and Caboose No. 980016
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/31/2006  Upload Date: 1/30/2008 8:30:46 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bill Rogerson
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  677   Comments: 0
The Official Electric Locomotive of PA
Title:  The Official Electric Locomotive of PA
Description:  Restored GG1 on display in the train shed at the Harrisburg Station. This GG1 pulled the first electric train into Harrisburg in 1938.
Photo Date:  11/21/2006  Upload Date: 11/22/2006 9:45:46 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  631   Comments: 0
The electric of old meets the electric of new
Title:  The electric of old meets the electric of new
Description:  The xPRR Harrisburg Trainshed
Photo Date:  11/22/2006  Upload Date: 2/6/2008 8:53:29 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Brock Kerchner
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1) AMTK 946(AEM7)
Views:  715   Comments: 0
Harrisburg Train Shed
Title:  Harrisburg Train Shed
Description:  New Amtrak Electric meet Old PRR Electric
Photo Date:  11/22/2006  Upload Date: 2/6/2008 8:53:59 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Brock Kerchner
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 946(AEM7) PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  705   Comments: 0
AMTK 925 stares at PRR 4859
Title:  AMTK 925 stares at PRR 4859
Description:  It's an Electric Staredown while Harrisburg Station slumbers
Photo Date:  11/28/2006  Upload Date: 2/13/2008 10:25:52 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Brock Kerchner
Categories:  InCab,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 925(AEM7) PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  942   Comments: 0
PRR 4859
Title:  PRR 4859
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/27/2007  Upload Date: 4/3/2007 9:12:35 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  524   Comments: 0
PRR 4859 & NYC Hickory Creek
Title:  PRR 4859 & NYC Hickory Creek
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/6/2007  Upload Date: 5/7/2007 10:58:26 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  1153   Comments: 0
PRR 4859 and AMTK 158
Title:  PRR 4859 and AMTK 158
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/6/2007  Upload Date: 7/8/2007 6:44:03 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1) AMTK 158(P42DC)
Views:  902   Comments: 0
PRR 4859
Title:  PRR 4859
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/6/2007  Upload Date: 7/9/2007 6:12:54 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1) AMTK 158(P42DC)
Views:  833   Comments: 0
PRR 4859 & AMTK 914
Title:  PRR 4859 & AMTK 914
Description:  Harrisburg Amtrak station
Photo Date:  7/8/2007  Upload Date: 7/11/2007 6:52:29 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1) AMTK 914(AEM7)
Views:  745   Comments: 2
PRR 4859
Title:  PRR 4859
Description:  Harrisburg Amtrak Station
Photo Date:  7/14/2007  Upload Date: 7/15/2007 9:38:52 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  524   Comments: 0
AMTK 9633
Title:  AMTK 9633
Description:  Harrisburg Amtrak Station
Photo Date:  7/14/2007  Upload Date: 7/15/2007 10:38:05 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  400   Comments: 0
PRR 4859
Title:  PRR 4859
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/14/2007  Upload Date: 7/15/2007 12:39:50 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Kevin Painter
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  337   Comments: 0
PRR vets
Title:  PRR vets
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/14/2007  Upload Date: 7/15/2007 12:43:23 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Kevin Painter
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  360   Comments: 0
PRR 4859
Title:  PRR 4859
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/24/2007  Upload Date: 2/14/2012 8:24:32 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  322   Comments: 0
PRR 4859
Title:  PRR 4859
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/24/2007  Upload Date: 2/14/2012 8:25:48 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  353   Comments: 0
PRR 4859
Title:  PRR 4859
Description:  Harrisburg Amtrak station
Photo Date:  9/29/2007  Upload Date: 9/30/2007 9:41:19 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  593   Comments: 0
PRR 4859
Title:  PRR 4859
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/24/2008  Upload Date: 6/30/2008 8:56:00 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  662   Comments: 0
PRR 4859
Title:  PRR 4859
Description:  on display at Amtrak station
Photo Date:  7/11/2008  Upload Date: 7/15/2008 7:35:16 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  721   Comments: 0
PRR 4859
Title:  PRR 4859
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/14/2008  Upload Date: 12/24/2008 12:31:11 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Trey Holland
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  314   Comments: 0
PRR 4859 and AMTK 45
Title:  PRR 4859 and AMTK 45
Description:  Harrisburg station; train 43 Pennsylvanian
Photo Date:  10/24/2008  Upload Date: 10/25/2008 6:06:51 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1) AMTK 45(P42DC)
Views:  416   Comments: 0
Pennsylvania Railroad 4859
Title:  Pennsylvania Railroad 4859
Description:  PRR 4859 sits at the Harrisburg, PA train station.
Photo Date:  11/25/2008  Upload Date: 2/14/2009 5:57:52 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Mark Obrzut
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  378   Comments: 0


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