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    The Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 is a class of streamlined electric locomotives built for the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), in the northeastern United States...
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    S1 steam locomotive would have a performance equal to their Pennsylvania Railroad class GG1 electric engine and would be capable of hauling a 1,000-ton...
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  • they work mainly passenger trains, the success of the GG1 locomotives meant that the P5 class were mostly used on freight. A single survivor, prototype...
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    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, with the electrical equipment by Westinghouse. It was built as a competitor to the GG1 design, but after trials the GG1 was selected...
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    improved and simplified GG1 for use on the planned, but never built, extension of the PRR's electrification west of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The one locomotive...
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    76°52′40″W / 40.26250°N 76.87778°W / 40.26250; -76.87778 Pennsylvania Railroad 4859 is a GG1-class electric locomotive located in the Harrisburg Transportation...
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    Pennsylvania Railroad 4800, nicknamed "Old Rivets", is a GG1-class electric locomotive located at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, outside of Strasburg...
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    642917 Pennsylvania Railroad 4876 was a GG1-class electric locomotive built in January 1939 at the PRR's Altoona Works in Altoona, Pennsylvania, United...
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    rectifier-equipped locomotive built by General Electric for the Pennsylvania Railroad between 1960 and 1963. The PRR used them for freight service on...
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    Pennsylvania Railroad 4935 is a preserved electric locomotive. It is one of sixteen remaining Pennsylvania Railroad class GG1 locomotives, and one of...
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  • The Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR), legal name The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, also known as the "Pennsy", was an American Class I railroad...
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  • Long Branch Railroad in South Amboy, New Jersey used the K4s to haul commuter trains. When the famous electric Pennsylvania Railroad class GG1 would bring...
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  • whole class of freight boxcab locomotives using this design, but the displacement of class P5a to freight work after the introduction of the GG1 meant...
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    PRR 4877, formerly nicknamed "Big Red", is a GG1-class electric locomotive owned by the United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey. It is stored...
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    Locomotive classification on the Pennsylvania Railroad took several forms. Early on, steam locomotives were given single-letter classes. As the 26 letters were...
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    The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania is a railroad museum in Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The museum is located on the east side of Strasburg...
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    Pennsylvania Railroad 1361 is a 4-6-2 K4 "Pacific" type steam locomotive built in May 1918 by the Pennsylvania Railroad's (PRR) Juniata Shops in Altoona...
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    increasing unwanted forces on the track. In the case of the famous Pennsylvania Railroad GG1, two frame-mounted motors drove each axle through a quill drive...
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    98222; -79.16111 Pennsylvania Railroad 3750 is a 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotive located at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, just outside Strasburg...
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    set, which reached 141.22 km/h (87.75 mph) while testing on Long Island Railroad trackage "French train breaks speed record". CBC News. 3 April 2007. Archived...
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    National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak (/ˈæmtræk/; reporting marks AMTK, AMTZ), is the national passenger railroad company of...
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    Plymouth Locomotive Works: Model ML8 1943 (30-ton) Electric Pennsylvania Railroad class GG1 Sleepers Amtrak #2997: (Ex-AT&SF 1642 "Pine Ring") Budd 10-Roomette...
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    Northeast Corridor tunnels built in the early 20th century by the Pennsylvania Railroad. NJT referred to the project as Access to the Region's Core, which...
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  • sports teams for University of Ottawa PRR GG1, a class of electric locomotives built for the Pennsylvania Railroad All pages with titles beginning with GG...
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    first operated by Penn Central Transportation (successor to the Pennsylvania Railroad, which originally ordered the equipment), then by Amtrak for 35...
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    American Diesel". Operational. Baltimore & Ohio #10 (electric) Pennsylvania Railroad #4876: GG1 electric, not currently on display in the museum itself. This...
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    locomotives in the United States, particularly those of the Pennsylvania Railroad—their long-lasting GG1 design being perhaps the best known. Many locomotives...
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    Central Railroad Museum from New Jersey Rail Operations in 1987. Penn Central (PC) 4882 (Altoona Works, 1939): Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) GG1 painted...
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    stations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, its suburbs and satellite towns and cities. It is the sixth-busiest commuter railroad in the United States. In...
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  • as a switcher at the restoration yard. - Operational. Pennsylvania Railroad #4877: A Class GG1 built in January 1939 for service on the Northeast Corridor...
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