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Owner: New Jersey Transit
Model:Altoona GG1Built As:PRR 4879 (GG1)
Serial Number:4348Order No:
Frame Number:Westinghouse electrical gearBuilt:2/1939
Notes:blt 2/39 as PRR 4879, saved
Other locos with this serial:  PC 4879(GG1) NJT 4879(GG1) URHS 4879(GG1) PRR 4879(GG1) NJDOT 4879(GG1) NJTR 4879(GG1) CR 4879(GG1)
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NJT 4879
Title:  NJT 4879
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/14/1979  Upload Date: 5/27/2015 10:36:36 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  andrew koenigsberg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJT 4879(GG1)
Views:  443   Comments: 0
NJT 4879 has a n/b commuter train that originated at Bay Head on the NEC
Title:  NJT 4879 has a n/b commuter train that originated at Bay Head on the NEC
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/27/1979  Upload Date: 3/31/2010 9:48:57 AM
Location:  Linden, NJ
Author:  Jack D. Kuiphoff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJT 4879(GG1)
Views:  799   Comments: 1
New Jersey Department of Transportation GG1 #4879 Pulling Amtrak
Title:  New Jersey Department of Transportation GG1 #4879 Pulling Amtrak
Description:  Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency.
Photo Date:  7/7/1979  Upload Date: 9/28/2006 10:06:09 PM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJT 4879(GG1)
Views:  651   Comments: 0
NJT GG1 4879
Title:  NJT GG1 4879
Description:  New Jersey Transit GG1 4879 somewhere in or around New York City, New York on an unknown day in June 1980, photo by Chuck Zeiler. If anyone knows this location please leave a Comment. I was on a business trip and this was shot with the company camera, so I didn't mark the slide correctly. Update, see Comment below, thanks Tom.
Photo Date:  6/1/1980  Upload Date: 12/11/2010 3:03:22 PM
Location:  New York, NY
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  NJT 4879(GG1)
Views:  753   Comments: 2
NJDOT 4879
Title:  NJDOT 4879
Description:  An afternoon commuter run lead by NJDOT 4879 passes a hard working Conrail Geep switching out cars at Stiles Street Yard in Linden NJ. [ate is approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1981  Upload Date: 8/1/2010 6:15:21 PM
Location:  Linden, NJ
Author:  Randy Kotuby
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NJT 4879(GG1) CR 1603(GP15-1)
Views:  823   Comments: 1
NJDOT 4879
Title:  NJDOT 4879
Description:  A South Amboy bound G passes a set of Jersey Arrow III's at Rahway. Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1981  Upload Date: 8/1/2010 6:15:38 PM
Location:  Rahway, NJ
Author:  Randy Kotuby
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NJT 4879(GG1)
Views:  810   Comments: 0
NJT 4879
Title:  NJT 4879
Description:  GG-1 4879 in the scenic South Amboy engine facility.
Photo Date:  2/6/1982  Upload Date: 1/3/2007 1:26:45 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NJT 4879(GG1)
Views:  976   Comments: 0
Gs in the motor pit
Title:  Gs in the motor pit
Description:  This was a common scene on weekends at Sunnyside yard.
Photo Date:  5/23/1982  Upload Date: 3/3/2013 4:34:20 AM
Location:  Sunnyside Yard, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  NJT 4881(GG1) NJT 4879(GG1) NJT 4880(GG1)
Views:  750   Comments: 0
NJT 4879
Title:  NJT 4879
Description:  exact Date Unknown Photo taken by Les Mathis.
Photo Date:  1/1/1983  Upload Date: 2/21/2012 2:23:56 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Eric Kreszl
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJT 4879(GG1)
Views:  549   Comments: 0
NJT 4879
Title:  NJT 4879
Description:  NJT 4879 pulls a short New York bound train past the PATH station at Harrison NJ toward the end of its career. This would be the last GG 1 to run, closing the show in October on a"fantrip to Matawan. The PATH trains ran on the outside tracks here-note the third rail. That system was once part of the Pennsy empire, known then as the Hudson & Manhattan, cnnnecting Pennsy stations at Newark and Jersey City with New York starting in 1908.
Photo Date:  5/10/1983  Upload Date: 11/26/2011 11:47:10 PM
Location:  Harrison, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NJT 4879(GG1)
Views:  596   Comments: 1
NJT 4879
Title:  NJT 4879
Description:  Engine change at South Amboy, 1 of 4, GG1 uncouples from train and pulls forward.
Photo Date:  7/9/1983  Upload Date: 1/31/2006 4:35:28 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Jeff Van Cleve
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJT 4879(GG1)
Views:  886   Comments: 0
NJT 4879
Title:  NJT 4879
Description:  Engine change at South Amboy, 2 of 4. GG1 backs through crossover, Es wait in distance.
Photo Date:  7/9/1983  Upload Date: 1/31/2006 4:45:17 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Jeff Van Cleve
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJT 4879(GG1)
Views:  778   Comments: 0
NJT 4879 to the rescue
Title:  NJT 4879 to the rescue
Description:  After 4877 broke down
Photo Date:  10/29/1983  Upload Date: 1/26/2013 8:17:30 AM
Location:  Perth Amboy, NJ
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NJT 4879(GG1)
Views:  664   Comments: 0
NJT 4879 at the end of her career, last day of service.
Title:  NJT 4879 at the end of her career, last day of service.
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/29/1983  Upload Date: 10/27/2011 6:38:41 PM
Location:  Matawan, NJ
Author:  Rich Carl
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJT 4879(GG1)
Views:  524   Comments: 0
NJDOT 4879
Title:  NJDOT 4879
Description:  NJ Transit GG-1 #4879 at Matawan NJ. This photo was originally taken by Lester Mathis.
Photo Date:  10/29/1983  Upload Date: 5/6/2010 10:18:25 PM
Location:  Matawan, NJ
Author:  Eric Kreszl
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJT 4879(GG1) NJT 4879(GG1) PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  1021   Comments: 0
NJT 4879
Title:  NJT 4879
Description:  On the last day of operation, GG-1 4879 pulls this w/b into Matawan.
Photo Date:  10/29/1983  Upload Date: 9/2/2006 9:42:24 AM
Location:  Matawan, NJ
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJT 4879(GG1)
Views:  1078   Comments: 0
NJT 4879
Title:  NJT 4879
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/19/1983  Upload Date: 8/29/2015 9:57:50 PM
Location:  Elizabethport Yard, NJ
Author:  andrew koenigsberg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJT 4879(GG1)
Views:  327   Comments: 0
NJT 4879
Title:  NJT 4879
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1983  Upload Date: 3/17/2013 6:04:13 PM
Location:  Sunnyside, NY
Author:  Philip M. Goldstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJT 4879(GG1)
Views:  387   Comments: 1
AMTK 925 & NJT 4879
Title:  AMTK 925 & NJT 4879
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1983  Upload Date: 3/17/2013 6:04:15 PM
Location:  Sunnyside, NY
Author:  Philip M. Goldstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 925(AEM7) NJT 4879(GG1)
Views:  507   Comments: 0
NJT 4879
Title:  NJT 4879
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/1/1991  Upload Date: 9/24/2014 11:13:21 PM
Location:  Ridgefield Park, NJ
Author:  Steve Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  NJT 4879(GG1) NJT 4876(GG1) NJT 4872(GG1)
Views:  661   Comments: 1
NJT 4872
Title:  NJT 4872
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/1/1991  Upload Date: 9/24/2014 11:13:39 PM
Location:  Ridgefield Park, NJ
Author:  Steve Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  NJT 4872(GG1) NJT 4879(GG1) NJT 4272(E8A) NJT 4876(GG1)
Views:  939   Comments: 1
URHS Equipment Move 2008
Title:  URHS Equipment Move 2008
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/26/2008  Upload Date: 4/28/2009 4:09:41 PM
Location:  Ridgefield Park, NJ
Author:  Michael Tierney
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 8028(SD40-2) CSX 8509(SD50-2) PSEG 100(100Tonner) NJT 4879(GG1) NJT 4253(E8A) NYSW 206(S2)
Views:  1832   Comments: 1
URHS Equipment Move 2008
Title:  URHS Equipment Move 2008
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/26/2008  Upload Date: 4/28/2009 4:09:45 PM
Location:  Ridgefield Park, NJ
Author:  Michael Tierney
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 8028(SD40-2) CSX 8509(SD50-2) PSEG 100(100Tonner) NJT 4879(GG1) NJT 4253(E8A)
Views:  1345   Comments: 1
URHS Equipment Move 2008
Title:  URHS Equipment Move 2008
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/26/2008  Upload Date: 4/28/2009 4:09:48 PM
Location:  Ridgefield Park, NJ
Author:  Michael Tierney
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 8028(SD40-2) CSX 8509(SD50-2) PSEG 100(100Tonner) NJT 4879(GG1) NJT 4253(E8A)
Views:  1126   Comments: 0
In Need of Some Work
Title:  In Need of Some Work
Description:  4879 could use some work, please if you have time help the URHS out!
Photo Date:  5/23/2009  Upload Date: 5/24/2009 6:28:30 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Brandon Kaback
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 4879(GG1) NJT 4879(GG1) NJT 4879(GG1)
Views:  1042   Comments: 0
In Need of Some Work
Title:  In Need of Some Work
Description:  4879 could use some work, please if you have time help the URHS out!
Photo Date:  5/23/2009  Upload Date: 5/24/2009 6:29:25 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Brandon Kaback
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJT 4879(GG1) PRR 4879(GG1) NJT 4879(GG1)
Views:  729   Comments: 0
An Overview of the URHS Open House
Title:  An Overview of the URHS Open House
Description:  The two E8s can be seen in the front with the GG1 and the rest torwards the back. Thank You to the volunteers at the URHS for a great event.
Photo Date:  5/23/2009  Upload Date: 5/24/2009 7:11:27 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Brandon Kaback
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  NJT 4326(E8A) NJT 4253(E8A) NJT 4253(E8A) PRR 4879(GG1) NJT 4879(GG1) NJT 4879(GG1)
Views:  2043   Comments: 1
 GG1 4879 is showing its age as the conrail logo starts to peel away
Title:  GG1 4879 is showing its age as the conrail logo starts to peel away
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/23/2009  Upload Date: 5/24/2009 12:10:29 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Michadl Tierney
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJT 4879(GG1)
Views:  581   Comments: 0
NJT 4879
Title:  NJT 4879
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/23/2009  Upload Date: 5/23/2009 11:18:12 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  @ric Kreszl
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJT 4879(GG1) PRR 4879(GG1) NJT 4879(GG1)
Views:  804   Comments: 0
NJT 4879
Title:  NJT 4879
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/23/2009  Upload Date: 5/23/2009 11:18:38 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Eric Kreszl
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJT 4879(GG1) PRR 4879(GG1) NJT 4879(GG1)
Views:  807   Comments: 0
NJT 4879
Title:  NJT 4879
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/23/2009  Upload Date: 5/23/2009 11:58:26 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Eric Kreszl
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJT 4879(GG1) PRR 4879(GG1) NJT 4879(GG1)
Views:  539   Comments: 0
NJT 4879
Title:  NJT 4879
Description:  Head On Profile
Photo Date:  5/23/2009  Upload Date: 5/24/2009 9:18:20 AM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Eric Kreszl
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJT 4879(GG1) PRR 4879(GG1) NJT 4879(GG1)
Views:  847   Comments: 0
Streamliners
Title:  Streamliners
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/21/2014  Upload Date: 9/21/2014 8:05:02 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Kevin Wong
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJT 4253(E8A) NJT 4879(GG1) PRR 4879(GG1)
Views:  626   Comments: 0
NJT GG1 4879
Title:  NJT GG1 4879
Description:  NJT GG1 4879 waits for assignment in the staging area northwest of South Amboy station on August 17, 1979.
Photo Date:  8/21/2016  Upload Date: 9/11/2016 2:24:43 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NJDOT 4879(GG1) NJT 4879(GG1)
Views:  461   Comments: 3


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