I fired on and off the GG-1s from March 1974 till December 1982. I was permanently promoted to Locomotive Engineer on January 1,1983 and went to work for New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. Operated the GG-1s up until they were retired and replaced by E-60s. When Amtrak began receiving their new Amfleet Cars and retired the Self Propelled Metroliners. Amtrak used the GG-1 in Metroliner service. The train would consist of a GG-1 and Mail Car Converted to a Head End Power car (to provide electricity to the Amfleet Cars) and were also updated to be pulled at speeds exceeding 100mph. Then there would be 3 to 5 Amfleet Cars. Amtrak purchased E-60 Locomotives in anticipation of using them for Metroliner Service. The E-60s were designed to go 110 MPH, but had such extreme lateral motion that the maximum speed was reduced to 80MPH. The lateral motion on the E-60’s would usually start around 60 MPH. It was scary as hell when this Locomotive would start slamming the sides of the rail. To the point of applying the brakes to try to get it to stop. So Amtrak had no choice but to use the GG-1s. It would get up to 100MPH pulling the Amfleet Cars with ease. The GG-1 was Extremely Loud, Dirty, Cold in the Winter and Hot in the Summer. But is was the most reliable Locomotive that I ever operated
@davewallace8219 Жыл бұрын
wow!...thanks!
@mdlanor5414 Жыл бұрын
@@RustBeltRailfan Sorry for the delayed reply. After January 1 1982, I operated all GG-1’s that NJTRO acquired, from South Amboy NJ to Sunny Side Yard Queens and Penn Station NYC and return. Yes I operated the 4877 and the GG-1 that was painted in the Brunswick Green. I don’t remember what number that one was. Thanks for the like
@mdlanor5414 Жыл бұрын
@@RustBeltRailfan It was the 4883. Thanks for reminding me. It’s been 40 years since I operated the GG-1.
@mdlanor5414 Жыл бұрын
@@RustBeltRailfan I also operated the AEM-7 on Metroliner Service on Amtrak when they were put in service until Conrail broke up into the CSX and Northfork Souhthern and some of the freight stayed Conrail. Then passenger service on Amtrak,NJTRO, SEPTA and some other passenger railroads. The AEM-7’s were excellent locomotives. They were powerful and very reliable. They had Air Conditioning, Cruise Control, Electro Pneumatic Brakes, Head End Power and Dynamic Braking. These locomotives were an absolute pleasure to operate. You could hit station platforms at 50 to 60 mph, Put the Automatic Brake into electric holding. Which keeps the brakes applied while charging your air brake system. Then gently reduce the EP braking effort bringing your train to a smooth stop. PS, I also have an original, not a copy of the operating manual for the AEM-7.
@frankjankovich3512 Жыл бұрын
Can’t beat 25 cycle power the transformer in the loco was very heavy but quiet
@way75mit94 жыл бұрын
In 1973 i was a 12 year old kid living in North Philly, right next to where the Penn Central lines crossed above the Reading Lines at the North Philly Station, i would play on the station platform for hours watching the big GG-1s and the E-44's pull drag freights and coal trains through the station , and I always got to speak with the conductors , when the local passengers trains and the commuter runs stopped , I was a little boy who loved trains and all the engineers knew me, the Amtrak fast runs would play tunes on the horns for me as they passed d thru on the middle track, this video is full of memories for me, PC & Conrail in the 70's !!!!
@johnhauser45893 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the tribute and stroll down memory lane. In 73, 74, I worked for PennCentral and ran those monsters from New York to Washington DC. Still have my time books and engine numbers from each run. My golden years.
@jonsmith5843 жыл бұрын
What was it like running them? I feel that I was born in the wrong time period, the 50's thru the 80's are the most appealing times in history to me.
@johnhauser45893 жыл бұрын
@@jonsmith584 Hi Jon. It was not glamorous. They were extremely loud. Dirty. Cab accommodations were rudimentary at best. But, boy, could they pull!. And pull fast. When snow knocked out metro liner service, they used GG1'S to pull and upped speed from 80 to 100. No problem, but interlocking at 100 scared me to death. The engines would pitch hard left and right and you could hear the frame bottom out. I was 19. Not experienced. But the vet drivers all thought it was normal. Unique monsters. Amazing. No one ever died in a GG1 wreck or so the rumor said. With a nose that long, its possible, but track view was horrible. Getting the picture? At the time I thought these were ugly as hell. Now I really appreciate their beauty and power.
@Alanpie3143 жыл бұрын
I rode the NY/DC route as a boy in the late 40s and am still riding it today. I loved those locomotives. There was a GG1 painted in Pennsy livery still operating on Amtrak as late as 1980.
@johnhauser45893 жыл бұрын
@@Alanpie314 However unlikely as it may be, there is the slightest of chances i was running your train. Stranger things have happened.
@Alanpie3143 жыл бұрын
@@johnhauser4589 Maybe. I made at least 10 round trips, and as many as 15, while the GG1s were still running.
@billtimmons70714 жыл бұрын
As a retired electrical engineer this video warms my heart. I can almost smell the ozone from the ionized air :) GG-1's are such a good looking unit and very "torqy". GG-1's ... Milwaukee box cabs ... if it was up to me I'd electrify every rail system and I have ozone scratch and sniff patches in every home. Better living through high voltage would be my motto. GG-1 was one big bug zapper heh :)
@billtimmons70714 жыл бұрын
@J D Yes I have. I believe they were 50's 60's generation. They used AC overhead, tapped down the voltage, but then rectified (ignitron then later silicon diode) to DC for traction motor purposes (series wound motor). The GG-1 were AC overhead, tapped down to lower voltage AC and fed AC series wound traction motors at 16 cycles. I think the E-33 44 would only be freight and not found on the NEC? It's interesting how GG1's, an older technology, could out last newer tech such as E-33 44. Are you modelling AC units with the overhead catenary structures? You have my respect.
@kittymuffins64844 жыл бұрын
Yeah instant power is fun. Electric and steam same diff are instant torque, crucial to big boy's design 5 miles of train fully loaded. Absolutely incredible power. Gas and diesel cannot achieve this.
@kittymuffins64844 жыл бұрын
Now I'm gonna go look up "ozone" lol.
@Greatdome994 жыл бұрын
O3
@jamielacourse75784 жыл бұрын
How could they give off p.c.bs or was that hogwash?
@chriswright84644 жыл бұрын
It's so nice to the trains with no graffiti !
@kittymuffins64844 жыл бұрын
Superb film and you can see the power, wow! Huge railfan here. These gals are the most intimidating-looking machines I've ever seen.
@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory2 жыл бұрын
you haven't seen a New York Central Mohawk yet have you
@musicforaarre3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so very much. I remember the GG1 from 1974, when I took it from New York City to Washington, DC. On the way back to NYC, I took the Metroliner, which cost more. I love this locomotive, and I hope that it has copies kept in running condition. Aarre Peltomaa
@mozeskertesz63983 жыл бұрын
I like these old films, because their sound is real, and not modified. Because a person who don't see trains normally thinks trains are very quiet since the 60s-70s.
@railtrolley4 жыл бұрын
A favourite loco. It's superb Art Deco styling, with input from famed industrial designer Raymond Loewy, has a style that modern locos can't emulate. Raymond Loewy designed a number of items of rollingstock for the PRR.
@PowerTrain6113 жыл бұрын
And to think, it all started with a garbage can... As a joke, no less.
@Counselor772 жыл бұрын
I got the chance to get in the cab of a GG1 on a static display in the Altoona Railroad museum. The GG1 was the Moose of locomotives. Lots of power and kinda homely yet beautiful at the same time.
@train-addict46564 жыл бұрын
Wow ,The Best GG1 video ever ! Those E60's were a beast as well. except the swaying problem .
@kittymuffins64844 жыл бұрын
Why because too top heavy or more rail contact with all the wheels?
@TRRailfan4 жыл бұрын
Kitty Muffins I think something with the 3-axle freight trucks?
@angeloarimborgo63522 жыл бұрын
I love the GG1! It just looks like the most efficient thing that ever hit the rails. A symmetrical monster!
@TrainTracker9112 жыл бұрын
I'm so grateful I grew up during the 40s, 50s, 60s, and the70s to experience these wonderful trains of a bygone era. The sounds and smells linger in my memory to this day.
@alb7074 жыл бұрын
La GG1, la más iconica de las locomotoras eléctricas.
@RicardoRickRomero2 жыл бұрын
Sensational these images I love electric machines the GG-1 although we didn't have them here in Brazil they were sensational congratulations for the images fills me with joy
@jacobhinojosa64624 жыл бұрын
Their fantastic locomotive 🚂 I never seen them before
@Willysmb444 жыл бұрын
I talked with a retired PRR engineer at Strasburg years ago, who ran GG-1s. He said he hated it, as the cabs were so incredibly small. I was old enough to have seen them and known what they were as a kid, if only I could have gotten to that corner of the country...
@fmnut4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I think a fighter pilot has more room than a G driver.
@jimdieseldawg34354 жыл бұрын
Crikey, I thought the UK Class 92 was a big impressive mobile transformer but the GG1 is on another level way above! Magnificent machines, thanks for sharing.
@nigelmitchell3514 жыл бұрын
Hi Jim, are you familiar with the erstwhile Great Northern's W1.? Those things were so huge and handsome. But i can't find any film of them working.? PS I cut all the traction gearing for the Brush 92's, if that's a claimed any fame.? Oh and the channel tunnel Bo-Bo-Bo's.
@jimdieseldawg34354 жыл бұрын
@@nigelmitchell351 I'm a newbie to US railroading really, I'm still learning daily (although I'm getting to know my Geeps and Alcos lol). I'll add the W1 to my "must research" list :-)
@nigelmitchell3514 жыл бұрын
@@jimdieseldawg3435 Add the Milwaukee roads Little Joe's too. ! I'm not a huge contemporary fan but I do love the historic or fallen flag railroads and of course the monster steam locos.
@thomaswburnsjr50513 жыл бұрын
Brings back great childhood memories of our Lionel trains in our row home in Germantown, Philadelphia. We had one GG1 that we ran mostly on track DC but we could switch to a line and run on her pantigraffs. (scuse my spelling). We had to manually raise them. The GG1 was my favorite. I never knew what the naming convention stood for, perhaps my Dad did, I don't recall it though. Thanks to this movie I found out.
@pinga858 Жыл бұрын
Still my favorite loco of all time. Big Boy is a close second, but Ole Big Red still takes it in my book. GG1 is power AND grace.
@eugeeropel55723 жыл бұрын
I will never tire of viewing these videos. Another EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT one, closer to home. THANK YOU. A+++++++++
@eventhorizon83134 жыл бұрын
Thank you for these videos. Finally great video of the GG1, old PRR electrification engines, and a set of Budd cars. Throughly enjoyed this video.
@njmvcsp25754 жыл бұрын
I was on one of the last trains on GG1 NJ transit retirement day October 29th 1983. Its hard to believe its been 37 years since they were in service.
@trainsupporter90884 жыл бұрын
Such an enjoyable video! Thank you for your efforts in putting it together. I always enjoy seeing the variety of passenger equipment and trains being pulled by a GG-1!
@raymondmuench32664 жыл бұрын
Best way to see Linden NJ: at high speed!🙂
@donnebes94214 жыл бұрын
Raymond Muench haha, or anywhere in Jersey.
@rebooted.jupiter_3 жыл бұрын
Anywhere that’s not Elizabeth station
@edwardbrogan73413 жыл бұрын
A trend setter, they were so different,unlike today’s that all look the same ! Love the GG1’s !
@DarkMsStress3 жыл бұрын
A conductor once told me they called it ‘The Mammoth’, so I always referred to it as ‘The Mammoth Train’ growing up taking that Black PC train from Penn Station to 30th st. every month to visit my grandmother. Today I call it ‘Darth Vader on wheels’
@julianbassett51724 жыл бұрын
I did see one of these once, in Long Island in 1979, from the subway. My first trip abroad! I think it was in Conrail colours.
@AndreiTupolev4 жыл бұрын
Excellent editing and sound dubbing once again. How fascinating to see electric locos with steam heating.
@davidbarnett93123 жыл бұрын
Interesting that this popped up in my suggested. Last week I watched the movie "Pride of the Marines" starring John Garfield released in 1945. He's at the station waiting for a train and in pulls a GG-1 and a string of Pennsy coaches. Sometimes old movies give us a peek a railroading back in the long ago. "In The Heat of the Night" from 1967 is another example as we see the GM&O and MoP on display.
@damuphillips91882 жыл бұрын
True that that was big time railroading back then this stuff now cheese cloth gg1 badest engine to do it speed and power
@tombarnes71964 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! Love the GG1s!
@peterhanahoe49134 жыл бұрын
Absolutely excellent job thank you.
@dennisrichardville49884 жыл бұрын
Brings back a lot of Memories. Thanks for sharing ...
@iusetano4 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. Again I totally enjoyed watching. Thank you for the upload.
@arch9enius4 жыл бұрын
Now that's a horn says "Get the f**k outta the way"
@UnionCountyPhotography3 жыл бұрын
Haha
@dieselpower11334 жыл бұрын
Caught some footage of GG centipedes !! That is extremely rare to find here on KZbin , just like the D & H Baldwin Shark noses.
@rebooted.jupiter_3 жыл бұрын
Excuse me, the nickname is centipedes?
@Bacony_Cakes3 жыл бұрын
@@rebooted.jupiter_ crapton of legs (wheels)
@b3j82 жыл бұрын
@@rebooted.jupiter_ Baldwin built those. Complex and a pain to keep running.
@chandlerh22 жыл бұрын
i grew up near the train tracks in Maryland north of DC . i still have a couple coins i set on the rail that were flattened by a GG-1 what an awesome engine.
@dennisfriesland8010 Жыл бұрын
I’ve got three GT ones and an old scale I really enjoy them they got sound and everything
@divox9pqr Жыл бұрын
I remember the first GG1 that I saw was at Baltimore Penn Station emerging from the tunnel on the southbound side. That gleaming tuscan red was a magnificent site. I didn’t think the tracks and the platform would be large enough to handle all that power. The engineer waved at me as it past by. I was hooked. I’ve been a GG1 man for life.
@lazyrrr24114 жыл бұрын
Thanks *FM* 👏 ℹ'm a nut for the GG1
@cloneNK11244 жыл бұрын
In the late 70’s I remember watching the GG-1 with the head end power cars on the Northeast Corridor at the portal bridge in Kearny NJ. THX
@paulw.woodring73043 жыл бұрын
One of those HEP cars is still in use on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad in Northeast Ohio, powering some of the ex-PRR "Congo" cars they own.
@johnmurray84283 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I enjoyed this video. Wonderful history.
@kittiemuffins66094 жыл бұрын
that engine is a beast
@keithmajor23094 жыл бұрын
Great video, it would be good to see one of these back on the mainline.
@RicardoRickRomero2 жыл бұрын
The GG-1 4877 became very famous worldwide the big red one she appears in several scenes of the movie
@MrBnsftrain4 жыл бұрын
I liked the appearances of PRR's Tubular train, a pair of P5as, a PRR B1 electric switcher in the Penn Central era, the savings bonds unit at 16:48, and two of them working with an F40PH 15:52 it took two GG1s to pull six cars?! These units were probably the best locomotive to run on American rails. They were good at both passenger and freight service and were the oldest locomotives left when they were retired.
@fmnut4 жыл бұрын
15:52 was probably a power balancing move. Or else a "rescue" of a failed unit.
@mattnawn50194 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this!
@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory4 жыл бұрын
"50 years of service in a place in history"
@brerrabbit9585 Жыл бұрын
In all of railroading, there is no finer sight than a GG 1 in Pennsylvania Brunswick green or Tuscan red. Even better when double headed. That`s POWER!
@georgebey6512 Жыл бұрын
All ways love gg1 my dad used take me to Newark penn station to see them.
@johnperry45724 жыл бұрын
9:40 The Sunnyside Yard footage brings back memories.....grew up nearby....there is a park at 43rd St/Skillman Ave....behind it is a loop track to the yard...
@danielrichter50664 жыл бұрын
John Perry My parents use to take me to Honeywell street near Northern Blvd. Got to see GG1’s as well as LI S2’s humping cars.
@ralfoide3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this great compilation!
@GaryKnepp-jj6yj4 ай бұрын
A one of a kind with great utility.
@fleetwin14 жыл бұрын
GG1s are so damn cool!
@douglasskaalrud6865 Жыл бұрын
A BH-50 helper! Magical machines.
@Baldwindiesels2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic footage & look back! Saw some of this before hiring on Amtrak.
@АлександрКалинин-ц6г7 ай бұрын
GG1 гудит как советские электровозы серии ВЛ8 и ВЛ10. Очень впечатляющий электровоз👍
@donolbers94463 жыл бұрын
Great job on the sound, very nice!
@stephenkeever60292 жыл бұрын
Loved the shop footage and it's great that you have sound with these films!
@fmnut2 жыл бұрын
The original films were silent. Sounds were dubbed in from various sources, not necessarily always GG1 sounds.
@stephenkeever60292 жыл бұрын
@@fmnut I was wondering that. You did an excellent job of adding audio knowing how involved this can be!
@danmathers141 Жыл бұрын
I like narration about what's going on.
@malachimuhammad-dy2ow Жыл бұрын
I've seen 4876 running a local service at Rahway Station, while most were running express.
@owenjones96592 жыл бұрын
8:08 bro nice metroliner horn totally sounds like what it once sounded like
@GaryKnepp-jj6yj4 ай бұрын
Remember see them rounding the Frankford curve at night and the sparks that lit up their wheels.
@pauli60434 жыл бұрын
I never realized the GG-1 were used in freight service. Wow
@mdlanor54144 жыл бұрын
I was fortunate to operate the GG-1’s from 1974 through their retirement on NJT. The GG-1s used in freight were geared differently than the ones used in passenger service. I only had the privilege of running Double Header GG-1’s on freight TV-24 & TV-23 during Locomotive Engineers Training Program during on the job training. Let me tell you. Each of these trains had over 100 TTX cars that each held Two Trailers and the GG-1s had no problem getting up to speed. Which was 60 mph for TTX freight Cars. Don’t tell anyone but on a few occasions. When the train was late at Potomac Yard in Alexandria Va. or Meadows Yard in South Kearney NJ, when the Engineer told me to get the speed up to 80 mph until back on schedule. The TV Freight Trains were Scheduled Trains that we’re in the Timetable along with the Passenger Trains. I also operated these locomotives on the North East Corridor and on the Perth Amboy and Woodbridge Branch. From South Amboy NJ to Penn Station NYC,NY. Then with New Jersey Transit on the now North Jersey Coast Line until their retirement. Before the AEM-7 came out. Amtrak used GG-1s to pull their new Metroliner service. Pulling at least 5 cars and a updated Mail Car that provided electricity for the coaches. The speed indicator only went up to 100 mph on the GG-1. Believe me when I tell you. We were running these locomotives at 120 mph on the many straight stretches of rail between Penn Station NYC,NY and Union Station,Washington DC. We had to use our watches second hand the Amp gauges and on average every 20 Catenary Poles was a mile to calculate our speed. These Locomotives ran real smooth at 120 mph on their 12 drivers and 8 truck wheels. I only had the Privilege of operating the GG-1 number 4800 once on a freight train from Meadows South Kearney NJ to Harrisburg PA. The 4800 was the Prototype and it was the only one that the Shell was riveted together. There were some slight differences between this locomotive and the other 138 made. The only things I can remember is the Throttle and the Shell were slightly different. The 4800 and a few others have been saved from the scrap yard and are either in Museums or privately owned. Sorry for rambling, but I’m now retired and there aren’t many Engineers left that are alive that operated these locomotives. As I Fireman I worked with Engineers that hired on in 1929 and were there in 1934 when these locomotives started coming off the assembly line in Altoona Pa. Shops and operated them up till retirement. The GG-1 was way ahead of its time and as far as I’m concerned. It was the most reliable locomotive I’ve ever had the privilege to operate. Of all the times I either fired or was the Locomotive Engineer on them. Not one time did any break down and had to be towed.
@Blinddragon11 ай бұрын
Those GG1s are surprisingly fast
@jackkilleen473 жыл бұрын
Pretty neat to see electric units on the rear!
@DarkVoidIII4 жыл бұрын
These electrics seem to dwarf the Amtrak Diesels I think it might be because of their higher bogies. Excellent video, thanks for sharing! :D
@Ostermond3 жыл бұрын
2:00 that is the one and only “Keystone” Tubular Train! Built with a split-level plan with lower center floors, these Budd-built coaches had a lower center of gravity that helped them take curves at higher speeds - and the _tubular_ part comes from its full-body stressed-skin design, forgoing the underframe of typical coaches. They only ever built the one set, which proved unpopular due to the split-level design causing bottlenecking issues during boarding.
@hartmutlorentzen96593 ай бұрын
This great video should be digitally remastered….
@fmnut3 ай бұрын
This was digitized on consumer grade equipment. It has already been processed for color and stabilization. The cost of commercial copying at a higher quality is prohibitive. If you wish to shoulder the cost, I would be happy to provide the original film. Otherwise, what you see is the best I can do.
@Greatdome994 жыл бұрын
Interesting to note that the GG1s, Little Joe's, UP Turbines, NH Jets, VGN rectifiers and others used variants of GE's 750-series traction motors. A most successful design.
@fmnut4 жыл бұрын
Don't see how the GG1 could have used 750 motors, they were DC. G's had AC motors.
@scottweisel3640 Жыл бұрын
What beautiful machines. I love how there is no graffiti on the rolling stock.
@thenekom3 жыл бұрын
There's a Lima diesel snuck in there! Now THAT is a rare thing. Surprised any of them made it into PC.
@fmnut3 жыл бұрын
Only because it was repowered with an EMD diesel.
@thenekom3 жыл бұрын
@@fmnut Ah didn't know they repowered any of them. There were so few built I assume most were just scrapped. Are there any still in existence? I've seen somewhat recent footage of one on a tourist line and Indiana & Ohio had one but from what I hear it broke down on its first run.
@fmnut3 жыл бұрын
@@thenekom the only operating example I'm aware of is on the Whitewater Valley RR in Indiana. Illinois Railway Museum also has one.
@russellgxy2905 Жыл бұрын
Yeah 8062 and 8063 got EMD V12-567's in the early 60s I believe. Still feels strange seeing them in Philadelphia since the Lima's road switchers were exclusive to the NYC, but at least these two finished their careers around coaches, the same as they started
@Isochest2 жыл бұрын
This is how goods traffic should be hauled in the USA.
@redbarnz4 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thanks for sharing.
@Buck_Rail3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video.
@donna19891983 Жыл бұрын
Big n bold is the only way to explain a GG 1 One of kind locomotive
@FGH9G2 жыл бұрын
28:00 Wow! Two GG1 Locomotives (one in Pennsylvania Railroad livery and the other in Penn Central livery) pulling an Amtrak F40PH in the original "Tulip" livery?! Now THAT is foamer PORN LOL
@scotthayes59334 жыл бұрын
12:47 The Conrail scheme is cool.
@nigelmitchell3514 жыл бұрын
Loving the workshop footage.!! Thinking the maroon with speed whiskers was the classiest livery.?
@fmnut3 жыл бұрын
Imho, yes. Others may differ.
@_mynewcareer4 жыл бұрын
Awesome!!!
@OregonRailfan834 жыл бұрын
Great! Thanks for sharing!!
@channelsixtysix0663 жыл бұрын
Such a shame none of the surviving examples can run. The PCB oil-cooled transformers were removed because of their toxicity concerns.
@railroadwolf3 жыл бұрын
It's a damn shame. Not to see any working GG1's in service anymore. The only way you can see them now. Is in museum's. But it would very nice to ride the old 1950's passenger Electric trains. Than the modern Amtrak trains of today.
@DanielPRails3 жыл бұрын
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a photo or video of a g painted in CR blue. Cool video as I’d just been reading some threads online about why no one has ever or will ever restore one.
@fmnut3 жыл бұрын
There was only 1 G painted blue, the 4800. It only got the CR scheme as a repaint over the rather hideous bicentennial scheme it got in 1976.
@normansilver9053 жыл бұрын
The PC black was a insult to the GG-1's.
@russellgxy2905 Жыл бұрын
While the GG1's are the feature, I appreciate the addition of other locos. The Baldwins are always a treat, and on this most recent rewatch I noticed 9:24 was an "LRS-1200!" I almost forgot the two repowered road switchers worked out their last years in Philly Now the real question becomes what on earth was a T-Motor doing in Sunnyside Yard?
@teddawg3274 жыл бұрын
best loco ever made
@billhowes58714 жыл бұрын
Here's one "Cool" old train. Read the "post" below this one. Bill has some fond memories of the GG-1. -Bill Howes
@Bacony_Cakes3 жыл бұрын
Proof that Art Deco is the gift that keeps on giving.
@albertcyphers15324 жыл бұрын
There's one of those GG1s sitting on a siding in Boonton NJ. You can see it from I-287
@fmnut4 жыл бұрын
That's the 4877, now repainted Brunswick green.
@donnebes94214 жыл бұрын
Albert Cyphers I used google earth, and I am correct it’s sitting on a siding at the rr historical society.
@mickricereto80129 ай бұрын
Incredible stuff, what an icon. The basic black livery was really quite sad, and most of Amtrak livery just really boring. Such a graceful machine, and yet they never could improve on the original; what was that, three stripe look with Pennsylvania spaced really far apart across the broadside. Majestic. So what was that little electric helper in the yard? 4756 that was adorable! 😹 Great comments on these videos too. Thanks for everyone’s inside info..
@fmnut9 ай бұрын
The small electric switcher was a B-1 nicknamed the "Rat".
@raritania75814 жыл бұрын
5:34 yay dt&i.
@DVR014 жыл бұрын
I hope the GG1s will be restored one day.
@fmnut4 жыл бұрын
Not likely for various technical and financial reasons.
@notthatdonald13854 жыл бұрын
Awesome video! Some of the electrical lines are still there on Port Road, but NS is slowly taking them down.
@fmnut4 жыл бұрын
The overhead wires on the Port Road were harvested for copper in the 1980s. The only things left then were the cat poles with signal and comms lines. Once those were replaced with underground lines, they started a program to remove the poles. Some were removed by Conrail in the mid 90s due to clearance issues for some wide loads in sharp curves. Some were taken out by the ice jam in 1996. The only poles that will remain are those with hi voltage transmission lines supplying Amtrak. These mostly are on the old Enola Branch/Atglen & Susquehanna right of way.
@caryhuff89244 жыл бұрын
Everything on the G was unique, and wonderful right down to the horn. Does anyone have a horn if so how much would they sell for. Thanks.
@fmnut4 жыл бұрын
Do a search on ebay for Leslie A200. One should turn up if you are persistent.
@caryhuff89244 жыл бұрын
@@fmnut Thanks. I appreciate it.
@DanknDerpyGamer4 жыл бұрын
8:09 - 8:11 That definitely sounds different than the horn I was expecting for original Metroliner equipment... 0_o
@durandjohnson1321 Жыл бұрын
The Milwaukee Road was also another great electric railway to disappear!
@RailfanNetwork4 жыл бұрын
Nice!
@williammummert6453 жыл бұрын
nice, thankyou
@mile290productions34 жыл бұрын
1:13 that bell sounds so... The sound is indescribable besides rusty. It just sounds rusty. and 8:10 i thought those had S55 S37s, can somebody tell me what horn model that is?