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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) |
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735 Comments: 1 |
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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) |
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504 Comments: 3 |
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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 |
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Locomotives: |
PRR 4859(GG1) |
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343 Comments: 0 |
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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: |
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Locomotives: |
PRR 4859(GG1) |
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368 Comments: 0 |
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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: |
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Locomotives: |
PRR 4859(GG1) |
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431 Comments: 0 |
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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) |
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546 Comments: 0 |
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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) |
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564 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Amtrak would not allow the public on the station platforms |
Description: |
However, free coffee and donuts were provided inside the station. : ) |
Photo Date: |
4/5/2014 Upload Date: 4/5/2014 7:40:41 PM |
Location: |
Harrisburg, PA |
Author: |
Bob Kise |
Categories: |
Station |
Locomotives: |
PRR 4859(GG1) |
Views: |
184 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
The G is slowly pushed west under a spider-web of catenary toward its temporary new home |
Description: |
It has been quite a while since one could witness a moving GG1 in Harrisburg... |
Photo Date: |
4/5/2014 Upload Date: 4/5/2014 7:45:07 PM |
Location: |
Harrisburg, PA |
Author: |
Bob Kise |
Categories: |
Station,Action |
Locomotives: |
PRR 4859(GG1) |
Views: |
175 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
The N&W Heritage Unit pulls the 20R past the 4859 |
Description: |
A rare meet! The new and the old... |
Photo Date: |
4/5/2014 Upload Date: 4/5/2014 7:48:32 PM |
Location: |
Harrisburg, PA |
Author: |
Bob Kise |
Categories: |
Station,Action |
Locomotives: |
NS 8103(ES44AC) PRR 4859(GG1) |
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173 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
4859 passing HARRIS Tower |
Description: |
Tiptoeing through the interlocking |
Photo Date: |
4/5/2014 Upload Date: 4/5/2014 7:49:52 PM |
Location: |
Harrisburg, PA |
Author: |
Bob Kise |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
PRR 4859(GG1) |
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153 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
The first GG1 to pull a revenue passenger train to Harrisburg in 1938 |
Description: |
The 4859 was dedicated in November 1986 at the display location under the train shed |
Photo Date: |
4/5/2014 Upload Date: 4/5/2014 7:52:19 PM |
Location: |
Harrisburg, PA |
Author: |
Bob Kise |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
PRR 4859(GG1) AMTK 514(B32-8WH) |
Views: |
169 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
HTC cell phone shot of the 4859 about to duck under State Street |
Description: |
Lots of sharp eyes watching the centipede-like wheels of the G |
Photo Date: |
4/5/2014 Upload Date: 4/5/2014 7:53:34 PM |
Location: |
Harrisburg, PA |
Author: |
Bob Kise |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
PRR 4859(GG1) AMTK 514(B32-8WH) |
Views: |
261 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
4859 emerges from under the State Street Bridge |
Description: |
Slowly heading westbound at a walking speed |
Photo Date: |
4/5/2014 Upload Date: 4/5/2014 7:54:35 PM |
Location: |
Harrisburg, PA |
Author: |
Bob Kise |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
PRR 4859(GG1) |
Views: |
124 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
It was fitting for a GE diesel to move the PRR-GE 4859 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
4/5/2014 Upload Date: 4/5/2014 7:55:48 PM |
Location: |
Harrisburg, PA |
Author: |
Bob Kise |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
AMTK 514(B32-8WH) PRR 4859(GG1) |
Views: |
192 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
The engine is being moved aside the parking garage in the distance |
Description: |
It will be covered with a cocoon-like shelter, similar to what is done at the Strasburg to preserve some of their equipment |
Photo Date: |
4/5/2014 Upload Date: 4/5/2014 7:57:34 PM |
Location: |
Harrisburg, PA |
Author: |
Bob Kise |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
AMTK 514(B32-8WH) PRR 4859(GG1) |
Views: |
127 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Number 514 is sometimes used to pull Amtrak's "Pennsylvanian" |
Description: |
It's also used as a protect engine; and in this case, as a very big switcher |
Photo Date: |
4/5/2014 Upload Date: 4/5/2014 7:58:50 PM |
Location: |
Harrisburg, PA |
Author: |
Bob Kise |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
AMTK 514(B32-8WH) PRR 4859(GG1) |
Views: |
135 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
A three-train meet! They're all moving... |
Description: |
What more could you want? Location, Milepost 105. |
Photo Date: |
4/5/2014 Upload Date: 4/5/2014 7:59:44 PM |
Location: |
Harrisburg, PA |
Author: |
Bob Kise |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
AMTK 514(B32-8WH) PRR 4859(GG1) NS 8856(C40-9) |
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282 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
The end of the N&W Heritage Unit-pulled 20R finally comes into view on the right |
Description: |
As 4859 nears the end of its journey... |
Photo Date: |
4/5/2014 Upload Date: 4/5/2014 8:01:03 PM |
Location: |
Harrisburg, PA |
Author: |
Bob Kise |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
NS 8856(C40-9) AMTK 514(B32-8WH) PRR 4859(GG1) |
Views: |
192 Comments: 1 |
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