RailPictures.Net Photo: AMTK 4846 Amtrak GG-1 at Wilmington, Delaware by Joe Osciak

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» Amtraks Wilmington Shops
» Wilmington, Delaware, USA (more..)
» April 12, 1980

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Should this be called a GG-1/2? Used for a while as the Wilmington Shop switcher. This unit also saw service as a self-propelled snowmelter for wintertime clearing of switches, by means of a downward venting blower.

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