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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Altoona GG1Built As:PRR 4877 (GG1)
Serial Number:4346Order No:
Frame Number:Westinghouse electrical gearBuilt:1/1939
Notes:PRR Class GG-1; blt 1/1939, URHS Owned
Other locos with this serial:  NJT 4877(GG1) PRR 4877(GG1) PC 4877(GG1) NJDOT 4877(GG1) CR 4877(GG1)
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"The Ankle-View Train," Page 27, 1956
Title:  "The Ankle-View Train," Page 27, 1956
Description:  Here is page four of a four-page article by E. John Long entitled "The Ankle-View Train." It was published originally in the October 1956 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 27. Bottom Photo Caption: "Regular service: 'Keystone' slips out of Newark." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4877, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during January of 1939, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and presently on display at the United Railway Historical Society in Boonton, New Jersey.
Photo Date:  10/1/1956  Upload Date: 6/27/2018 5:06:18 AM
Location:  Newark, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  387   Comments: 1
PRR 4877, GG-1, 1960
Title:  PRR 4877, GG-1, 1960
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Fred Kern that was taken in Tacony, Pennsylvania, on 3 February 1960. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4877, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata in January of 1939, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and presently on display at the United Railway Historical Society in Boonton, New Jersey. ("LouisFols"; #7 of 13)
Photo Date:  2/3/1960  Upload Date: 4/15/2020 2:41:12 PM
Location:  Tacony, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  415   Comments: 0
PRR GG1 #4877
Title:  PRR GG1 #4877
Description:  PRR 4877, formerly nicknamed "Big Red", is seen here heading up a passenger train at an unidentified location. It is now owned by the United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey. It is stored at the West Boonton Yard in Boonton, New Jersey, United States. It is fully cosmetically restored to its original appearance. No date, location or photographer was listed for this photo. With Steve Coraggio's help (see comment below), it may be Harrison, NJ with Newark skyline in the background.. Thanks, Steve!
Photo Date:  6/1/1960  Upload Date: 3/14/2021 7:18:37 AM
Location:  Harrison, NJ
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  443   Comments: 1
Story Of The GG-1, Page 20, 1964
Title:  Story Of The GG-1, Page 20, 1964
Description:  Here is page one of a 17-page cover article by Frederick Westing entitled "GG1: Story Of The Most Famous Electric Locomotive In The Western Hemisphere." It was published originally in the March 1964 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 20. Photo by William D. Middleton. Shown here is a partial view of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4877, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during January of 1939, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and presently on display at the United Railway Historical Society in Boonton, New Jersey.
Photo Date:  3/1/1964  Upload Date: 10/6/2022 10:12:57 AM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  150   Comments: 0
Story Of The GG-1, Page 21, 1964
Title:  Story Of The GG-1, Page 21, 1964
Description:  Here is page two of a 17-page cover article by Frederick Westing entitled "GG1: Story Of The Most Famous Electric Locomotive In The Western Hemisphere." It was published originally in the March 1964 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 21. Photo by William D. Middleton. Shown here is a partial view of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4877, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during January of 1939, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and presently on display at the United Railway Historical Society in Boonton, New Jersey.
Photo Date:  3/1/1964  Upload Date: 10/6/2022 10:15:52 AM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  139   Comments: 0
GG-1  4877
Title:  GG-1 4877
Description:  GG-1 # 4877 slows down for its stop in New Brunswick.
Photo Date:  5/5/1965  Upload Date: 5/12/2006 2:19:03 PM
Location:  New Brunswick, NJ
Author:  TIMOTHY MADER
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  2011   Comments: 1
GG-1  4877
Title:  GG-1 4877
Description:  GG-1 # 4877 slows down for its New Brunswick stop.
Photo Date:  5/12/1965  Upload Date: 5/12/2006 2:21:14 PM
Location:  New Brunswick, NJ
Author:  TIMOTHY MADER
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  1183   Comments: 0
PRR 4877 on new haven rr  - devon tower
Title:  PRR 4877 on new haven rr - devon tower
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/21/1969  Upload Date: 9/18/2010 10:40:00 PM
Location:  New Haven, CT
Author:  Henry Frick
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  1189   Comments: 0
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description:  GG-1s on the ready track.
Photo Date:  4/1/1980  Upload Date: 3/8/2009 5:18:16 PM
Location:  Sunnyside, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  1101   Comments: 1
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description:  Recently repainted GG-1 4877 heads west with an afternoon commuter run. Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1981  Upload Date: 8/11/2010 9:37:05 PM
Location:  Linden, NJ
Author:  Randy Kotuby
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  692   Comments: 0
PRR GG1 4877 - Pennsylvania RR
Title:  PRR GG1 4877 - Pennsylvania RR
Description:  Here's another view of GG1 #4877 whhle working under the catenary system in at the Harrisburg station. Date is a "guess-timation" but appears to be after the 1981 restoration. This unit was preserved and cosmetically restored by the United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey in Hoboken.
Photo Date:  6/1/1981  Upload Date: 1/11/2014 7:55:08 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  828   Comments: 1
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description:  NJDOT 4877, shortly after being repainted into PRR Tuscan Red with cat whiskers by the Jersey Central Railway Historical Society, leads an afternoon commuter run in Linden NJ. The headlight reflection of a local just departing the Linden station cab be qeen at the extreme left of the photo. Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1981  Upload Date: 8/11/2010 9:36:37 PM
Location:  Linden, NJ
Author:  Randy Kotuby
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  885   Comments: 1
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/13/1981  Upload Date: 5/27/2010 2:45:23 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Tony Organek
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  789   Comments: 1
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/27/1981  Upload Date: 5/21/2011 8:41:28 AM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Jack Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  542   Comments: 1
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/27/1981  Upload Date: 5/27/2010 2:46:10 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Don Wood
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  691   Comments: 0
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description:  NJT owned PRR GG1 4877 southbound on number 4 track at Perryville, MD. Best guess date.
Photo Date:  7/1/1981  Upload Date: 8/10/2014 10:30:52 PM
Location:  Perryville, MD
Author:  George L. Pitz
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  549   Comments: 0
NJT GG1 4877 in PRR livery
Title:  NJT GG1 4877 in PRR livery
Description:  NJ Transit painted ex-PRR GG-1 4877 into PRR Tuscan Red and gold stripes in June, 1981. My buddy took a shot of me alongside "Big Red" still showing fresh paint but some minor body damage at South Amboy in July, 1981.
Photo Date:  7/10/1981  Upload Date: 2/2/2019 9:03:17 AM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Andrew J. Erlichman
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NJT 4877(GG1) PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  722   Comments: 2
NJT GG1 4877 in PRR livery
Title:  NJT GG1 4877 in PRR livery
Description:  NJT GG-1 4877 in PRR livery with rear pan up at South Amboy in July, 1981.
Photo Date:  7/10/1981  Upload Date: 12/9/2018 10:18:34 AM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NJT 4877(GG1) PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  424   Comments: 0
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/11/1981  Upload Date: 5/27/2010 2:46:35 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Don Wood
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  1210   Comments: 0
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description:  Classy motive power for commuters, as a Jersey Shore train crosses the mouth of the Raritan River.
Photo Date:  9/14/1981  Upload Date: 8/22/2011 6:54:37 PM
Location:  Perth Amboy, NJ
Author:  Tom Alderman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  670   Comments: 1
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/12/1981  Upload Date: 5/27/2010 2:45:46 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Joe Kmetz
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  742   Comments: 1
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/1/1981  Upload Date: 8/6/2010 8:52:13 AM
Location:  Sunnyside, NY
Author:  Henry Frick
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  745   Comments: 0
GG-1   4877
Title:  GG-1 4877
Description:  GG-1 # 4877 sits betweens runs at South Amboy, N.J.
Photo Date:  4/24/1982  Upload Date: 4/28/2006 2:15:59 PM
Location:  New Brunswick, NJ
Author:  TIMOTHY MADER
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  1034   Comments: 0
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/24/1982  Upload Date: 12/14/2005 9:04:19 AM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  1241   Comments: 0
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/24/1982  Upload Date: 12/14/2005 9:04:19 AM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  1279   Comments: 0
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description:  On display for Hoboken Festival
Photo Date:  10/1/1982  Upload Date: 3/8/2009 5:18:15 PM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  728   Comments: 0
PRR 4877 East
Title:  PRR 4877 East
Description:  Washington Chapter NRHS trip
Photo Date:  10/23/1982  Upload Date: 7/15/2013 9:27:51 PM
Location:  Rheems, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  472   Comments: 0
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1983  Upload Date: 2/21/2012 2:23:17 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Eric Kreszl
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  531   Comments: 0
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description:  Exact Date Unknown Photo taken by Les Mathis.
Photo Date:  1/1/1983  Upload Date: 2/21/2012 2:23:35 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Eric Kreszl
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  511   Comments: 0
Former PRR GG1 4877
Title:  Former PRR GG1 4877
Description:  The April, 1983 lineup of GG1's would not be so long for much longer at South Amboy. Former PRR GG-1 4877, repainted in Tuscan Red in 1981, rests second in a line of Gs at the engine terminal. Just 6 months later, "Big Red" would be honored to pull the last run of the GG-1. Sadly, it was not to be as a breakdown forced sister GG-1 4879 to rescue the train. This beautiful GG-1 was preserved (in as-built Brunswick green) along with her sister unit 4879 as part of the United Railroad Historical Society of NJ collection in Boonton, NJ.
Photo Date:  4/4/1983  Upload Date: 10/3/2016 3:51:43 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NJT 4877(GG1) PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  805   Comments: 0
Former PRR GG1 4877
Title:  Former PRR GG1 4877
Description:  With 6 months until retirement, former PRR GG-1 4877 was lined up second in a line of G's at South Amboy, NJ in April, 1983. Only 4877, 4882, and 4879 would remain operable during the last revenue runs for GG1's on October 28, 1983, and the following day's Farewell to the GG1 celebration..
Photo Date:  4/4/1983  Upload Date: 10/3/2016 3:53:21 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NJT 4877(GG1) PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  459   Comments: 0
GG1 Out to Pasture: 4877 at Perth Amboy, 1983
Title:  GG1 Out to Pasture: 4877 at Perth Amboy, 1983
Description:  After GG1s were retired from their main NY-Washington stomping grounds, the best place to find them was on their daily commuter runs between NY and South Amboy. On this summer day in 1983, just a few months before all GG1s would be retired, 4877 GG1 4877, repainted in PRRs classic tuscan red color scheme, drifts light through the station at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, in a cut overflowing with lush growth. Check out all that classic jointed Pennsy rail.
Photo Date:  7/10/1983  Upload Date: 2/18/2013 7:22:05 AM
Location:  Perth Amboy, NJ
Author:  Stephen Carl Baldwin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1) NJT 4877(GG1)
Views:  894   Comments: 1
PRR 4877 last run
Title:  PRR 4877 last run
Description:  Inbound to New York
Photo Date:  10/29/1983  Upload Date: 1/26/2013 8:16:00 AM
Location:  Perth Amboy, NJ
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  722   Comments: 1
PRR 6877
Title:  PRR 6877
Description:  last day of GG1 service, NJTransit
Photo Date:  10/29/1983  Upload Date: 6/29/2006 1:13:47 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  2540   Comments: 0
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description:  last day of GG1 service, NJTransit
Photo Date:  10/29/1983  Upload Date: 6/29/2006 1:13:56 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  1639   Comments: 0
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description:  PRR GG-1 #4877 at Matawan NJ. The photo was originally taken by Lester Mathis.
Photo Date:  10/29/1983  Upload Date: 5/6/2010 10:17:45 PM
Location:  Matawan, NJ
Author:  Eric Kreszl
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  777   Comments: 1
GG-1 4877
Title:  GG-1 4877
Description:  GG-1 4877 makes its one and only appearance at Matawan.
Photo Date:  10/29/1983  Upload Date: 1/6/2007 2:11:20 AM
Location:  Matawan, NJ
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  1156   Comments: 0
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description:  Pennsylvania Railroad 4877, otherwise known as Big Red, The Jersey G, is displayed at Hoboken Terminal during NJ Transit's Hoboken Terminal Festival. Exact date unknown.
Photo Date:  8/1/1984  Upload Date: 2/9/2008 4:41:11 PM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  Dave Koprowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  935   Comments: 0
"Locomotive & Railway Preservation," Front Cover, 1987
Title:  "Locomotive & Railway Preservation," Front Cover, 1987
Description:  Here is the front cover that was published originally on the July-August 1987 issue of "Locomotive & Railway Preservation" magazine. Partial Photo Caption: "GG1 No. 4877 runs for the last time in commercial service near Matawan, New Jersey, October 23, 1983." Photo by Don Wood. PRR engine #4877 is a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during January of 1939, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and presently on display at the United Railway Historical Society in Boonton, New Jersey.
Photo Date:  7/1/1987  Upload Date: 10/9/2024 11:11:25 PM
Location:  Matawan, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Bridge,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  23   Comments: 0
PRR GG1 4877
Title:  PRR GG1 4877
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/1/1988  Upload Date: 11/20/2022 3:11:54 PM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  Tom Gallo
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  116   Comments: 0
PRR GG1 4877
Title:  PRR GG1 4877
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/1/1988  Upload Date: 11/20/2022 3:13:15 PM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  Tom Gallo
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  109   Comments: 0
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/10/1990  Upload Date: 3/4/2011 12:01:58 PM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  Christopher Esposito
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  522   Comments: 0
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description:  Sleeping on the tracks
Photo Date:  10/4/1999  Upload Date: 3/16/2013 6:42:36 PM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  Ruben Marcelo Rabina
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  726   Comments: 0
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description:  At the URHS storage yard.
Photo Date:  9/19/2005  Upload Date: 10/15/2005 7:17:35 PM
Location:  Morristown, NJ
Author:  Marc Samuelson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  2612   Comments: 0
Pennsylvania Railroad 4877
Title:  Pennsylvania Railroad 4877
Description:  GG1 4877 at Lebanon
Photo Date:  3/24/2006  Upload Date: 3/24/2006 8:47:27 PM
Location:  Lebanon, NJ
Author:  Gerald Oliveto
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  1195   Comments: 0
Pennsylvania Railroad 4877
Title:  Pennsylvania Railroad 4877
Description:  GG1 4877 at Lebanon
Photo Date:  3/24/2006  Upload Date: 3/24/2006 8:48:35 PM
Location:  Lebanon, NJ
Author:  Gerald Oliveto
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  1464   Comments: 3
Pennsylvania Railroad 4877
Title:  Pennsylvania Railroad 4877
Description:  GG1 4877 at Lebanon
Photo Date:  3/24/2006  Upload Date: 3/24/2006 8:50:24 PM
Location:  Lebanon, NJ
Author:  Gerald Oliveto
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  918   Comments: 0
PRR 4877
Title:  PRR 4877
Description:  The URHS' GG1 is seen in storage at the Lebanon NJ Transit station. The locomotive was restored to PRR tuscan red in the 1980s by NJT with assistence from the Jersey Central Railway Historical Society.
Photo Date:  4/2/2006  Upload Date: 5/14/2008 2:51:25 PM
Location:  Lebanon, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  591   Comments: 0
The CR Still Stands
Title:  The CR Still Stands
Description:  Conrail's Penn Central style initials can still be seen beneath the paint of "the Jersey G".
Photo Date:  4/2/2006  Upload Date: 5/14/2008 2:51:55 PM
Location:  Lebanon, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  650   Comments: 0


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