The End of Steam

As the last sun of a March day illuminates the Northeast Corridor at Trenton, New Jersey, Amtrak train 82, the Silver Star, slows for its station stop. This... (more)

New Jersey DOT 4877, repainted in PRR’s Tuscan scheme, lays over in the South Amboy engine terminal. In the right background, an E8 can be seen on one of the engine house tracks. The 4877 surviv... (more)

"Farewell to the GG-1" photo runby at the west end of Amtrak's Lancaster station. The trip was sponsored by the Lancaster Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, with the cooperat... (more)

PRR GG1 4877 rests at the United Railroad Historical Society's Boonton restoration facility. The group is searching for a suitable location to display this classic locomotive.

Look'n Classy... PRR GG1 4877 gleams in the morning sunshine.

As it was delivered in 1939.

The GG1 still has plenty of admirers. Here at the URHS event, Raymond Loewy's fine five stripe livery gets a lot of attention. 4877 was built by Pennsy's Altoona Works in 1939. It was one of the... (more)

A yard worker pulls up in a Dodge Power Wagon to check out PRR GG-1 4877 before it heads out on its next trip. Thanks to Kevin Phalon and the URHS for arranging the night session at their yard in ... (more)

Pennsylvania Railroad GG-1 4877, beautifully restored to it's original nine part black Brunswick Green paint, shares the limelight with Norfolk Southern's EMD SD70ACe No. 1474 Lackawanna Heritage ... (more)

PRR GG1 4877 and New York Central observation car Hickory Creek share space at the United Railroad Historical Society's storage yard in Boonton, N.J. Once equipment from competing railroad, are no... (more)

The engineer looks back for the highball to take the train to New York City after the engine change at South Amboy. The NJ Transit GG1 is in "heritage" livery.

I believe this was a New Jersey Transit train and the passenger car belonged to a railroad club.

PRR GG-1 4877, along with Erie Railroad E8s 834 and 835, are all being restored at NJ Transit's Lebanon Station on the former Jersey Central Mainline. For a photo of this location taken last year... (more)

At least it wasn't scrapped... Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 4877 sits at NJ Transit's Lebanon Station along with ERIE Railroad E8s 834 and 835, all currently undergoing restoration. To see a photo ... (more)