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NJT 4876
Title:  NJT 4876
Description:  NJDOT GG-1 4876 leads a South Amboy bound rush hour train through Linden NJ. Linden station can be seen in the background. Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  7/1/1978  Upload Date: 12/27/2010 8:55:22 PM
Location:  Rahway, NJ
Author:  Randy Kotuby
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NJT 4876(GG1)
Views:  582   Comments: 0
NJDOT GG1 4876
Title:  NJDOT GG1 4876
Description:  CR-operated NJDOT GG-1 4876 rests with both pans up between sister units at the South Amboy engine terminal. After retirement from NJDOT in 1983, the GG-1 was donated to NRHS Washington, DC chapter. This GG-1 was famously known to have piloted No. 173, the "Federal Express," from Boston to Washington, DC on January 14, 1953. While approaching Union Station, brake loss of 13 of it's 16 cars made the train a runaway, causing 4876 to smash through the track bumper, the iron track gate, demolish the stationmaster's office, run out onto the concouse floor, and fall through the concrete floor to the basement below, along with two of it's steel passenger cars. After shipping to Altoona, 4876 was placed back in service just 10 months after the accident. A tribute to the amazing skill and determination of the Altoona shop crews. CR retired their freight fleet of GG-1's in 1979, but the NJDOT-contracted GG-1's 4872-4884 saw their operating days extended to the fall of 1983.
Photo Date:  7/9/1978  Upload Date: 5/6/2018 8:02:23 AM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NJDOT 4876(GG1)
Views:  321   Comments: 0
NJDOT GG1 4876
Title:  NJDOT GG1 4876
Description:  NJDOT GG1 4876 waits for assignment in a line of former PRR GG1's at South Amboy. This same GG1 was the famous runaway that crashed through the concourse of Washington's Union Station in 1953, and was back on the rails 10 months later, rebuilt from 3 cutup sections by the Altoona shops. 4876 was one of the last remaining operating GG1's in October, 1983 when the final curtain fell by NJ Transit on the ageless electrics.
Photo Date:  11/18/1978  Upload Date: 10/10/2015 11:10:35 AM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NJDOT 4876(GG1)
Views:  809   Comments: 0
NJDOT 4876
Title:  NJDOT 4876
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/17/1978  Upload Date: 7/14/2021 7:36:41 AM
Location:  Elizabeth, NJ
Author:  Rick Coles
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NJDOT 4876(GG1)
Views:  264   Comments: 1
NJDOT 4876
Title:  NJDOT 4876
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/17/1978  Upload Date: 7/14/2021 7:37:16 AM
Location:  Elizabeth, NJ
Author:  Rick Coles
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NJDOT 4876(GG1)
Views:  275   Comments: 0
NJDOT 4876
Title:  NJDOT 4876
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1979  Upload Date: 3/15/2013 10:41:16 PM
Location:  Sunnyside, NY
Author:  Philip M. Goldstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJDOT 4876(GG1)
Views:  351   Comments: 1
A trio of GG1s crossing PA Route 441
Title:  A trio of GG1s crossing PA Route 441
Description:  Coming into ROY Interlocking
Photo Date:  9/22/1979  Upload Date: 3/20/2013 4:56:06 PM
Location:  Royalton, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 4876(GG1)
Views:  962   Comments: 1
PRR 4876
Title:  PRR 4876
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/6/1981  Upload Date: 7/13/2006 12:48:21 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4876(GG1)
Views:  1640   Comments: 0
NJT 4876
Title:  NJT 4876
Description:  Waiting for a train to New York
Photo Date:  7/1/1981  Upload Date: 3/25/2008 9:49:38 AM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  EDWARD J. OZOG
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NJT 4876(GG1)
Views:  670   Comments: 0
NJDOT GGË 4876 ready to head back to the engine terminal
Title:  NJDOT GGË 4876 ready to head back to the engine terminal
Description:  NJDOT GG1 4876 ready to head back to the engine terminal at South Amboy on July 10, 1981.
Photo Date:  7/10/1981  Upload Date: 9/11/2016 7:57:18 AM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NJDOT 4876(GG1) NJT 4876(GG1)
Views:  507   Comments: 4
NJT GG1 4876
Title:  NJT GG1 4876
Description:  NJT GG1 4876 waits for assignment at South Amboy in March, 1982.
Photo Date:  3/6/1982  Upload Date: 3/11/2018 12:13:51 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NJT 4876(GG1)
Views:  680   Comments: 1
GG-1  4872
Title:  GG-1 4872
Description:  GG-1 # 4872 slows for a stop in Elizabeth, N.J.
Photo Date:  4/17/1982  Upload Date: 5/9/2006 3:11:36 PM
Location:  New Brunswick, NJ
Author:  TIMOTHY MADER
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 4876(GG1)
Views:  712   Comments: 0
NJT 4876
Title:  NJT 4876
Description:  Arriving from New York - SA Tower
Photo Date:  8/1/1982  Upload Date: 3/25/2008 10:06:46 AM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  EDWARD J. OZOG
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NJT 4876(GG1)
Views:  816   Comments: 0
GG1 4876
Title:  GG1 4876
Description:  Going through the crossovers
Photo Date:  8/21/1982  Upload Date: 1/23/2013 6:26:05 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NJT 4876(GG1)
Views:  429   Comments: 0
GG1 4876
Title:  GG1 4876
Description:  Uncoupled from its train from New York City
Photo Date:  8/21/1982  Upload Date: 1/23/2013 6:23:06 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NJT 4876(GG1)
Views:  448   Comments: 0
NJT  4876
Title:  NJT 4876
Description:  GG-1 # 4876 runs by Waverly Tower in a light move to Newark, N.J.
Photo Date:  10/3/1982  Upload Date: 9/18/2006 6:05:48 PM
Location:  New Brunswick, NJ
Author:  TIMOTHY MADER
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJT 4876(GG1)
Views:  641   Comments: 0
NJT 4876
Title:  NJT 4876
Description:  Exact Date Unknown Photo taken by Les Mathis.
Photo Date:  1/1/1983  Upload Date: 2/21/2012 2:22:59 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Eric Kreszl
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NJT 4876(GG1)
Views:  557   Comments: 2
Off to the races....
Title:  Off to the races....
Description:  well not exactly. Its not a race, its just 4876 heading back ot the engine house while 4109 ties on to its train
Photo Date:  7/26/1983  Upload Date: 11/19/2013 1:52:44 AM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NJT 4109(GP40P) NJT 4876(GG1)
Views:  744   Comments: 1
Title: 
Description:  NJT 4876 speeds through Rahway with a Bay Head train. This was the engine that gained notoriety when it crashed into Washington Union Station with a r{naway Federal in 1953. It was cut in half and removed from the basement of the station to run again, which it did til 1983. Note the Pennsy car behind the GG 1. There were two rubscription parlors on the North Jersey Coast Line, one that ran from Newark as part of the Jersey Central side of the operation. The other was a Pennsy car that ran on a New Ysrk train. Both cars ran an inbound trip in the morning, and an outbound trip in the afternoon, serving refreshments appropriate for the time of day.
Photo Date:  7/26/1983  Upload Date: 11/26/2011 11:42:20 PM
Location:  Rahway, NJ
Author:  Som Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NJT 4876(GG1)
Views:  563   Comments: 4
Disaster Survivor
Title:  Disaster Survivor
Description:  GG-1 4876 -- a 1939 product of the Pennsylvania Railroads Altoona Shops -- heads south after leaving Elizabeth, New Jersey. Elizabeths famous speed-restricted S-curve lies just ahead. 4876 is one of the most famous GG-1s because in 1953 it crashed through the floor of Washingtons Union Station. The incident, which became known as the "Wreck of the Federal Express," was caused by malfunctioning braking equipment in the train. Miraculously, there were no fatalities. After the wreck, 4876 was simply cut up into pieces by PRR engineers, rebuilt, and returned to service. She served the Pennsylvania, Penn Central, Amtrak, and New Jersey Transit for many years afterward and was among a handful of GG-1s that ended the GG-1s reign in 1983, faithfully delivering passengers to and from Penn Station and South Amboy. This photo was taken in the Spring of 1983 -- a few months before the end.
Photo Date:  8/17/1983  Upload Date: 2/18/2013 4:56:10 AM
Location:  Elizabeth, NJ
Author:  Stephen Carl Baldwin
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NJT 4876(GG1)
Views:  487   Comments: 0
AMTK 4912, 4876, 4883
Title:  AMTK 4912, 4876, 4883
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1983  Upload Date: 3/16/2013 5:21:36 PM
Location:  Sunnyside, NY
Author:  Philip M. Goldstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 4912(GG1) AMTK 4876(GG1) AMTK 4883(GG1)
Views:  863   Comments: 0
NJT 4876
Title:  NJT 4876
Description:  This was the GG-1 that crashed in Washington Union Station and then was rebuilt at Altoona. This GG-1 iq currently stored at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, MD.
Photo Date:  4/1/1991  Upload Date: 9/24/2014 11:13:05 PM
Location:  Ridgefield Park, NJ
Author:  Steve Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  NJT 4876(GG1)
Views:  392   Comments: 2
CR 4876
Title:  CR 4876
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/16/2006  Upload Date: 3/8/2011 11:06:50 AM
Location:  Baltimore B&O Museum, MD
Author:  Christopher Esposito
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 4876(GG1) PC 4876(GG1) PRR 4876(GG1)
Views:  1069   Comments: 0
PRR 4876
Title:  PRR 4876
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/22/2007  Upload Date: 11/8/2016 5:50:55 PM
Location:  Baltimore, MD
Author:  Nicholas Katz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  PRR 4876(GG1)
Views:  572   Comments: 1
PRR 4876
Title:  PRR 4876
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/13/2008  Upload Date: 8/19/2008 1:16:27 PM
Location:  Baltimore, MD
Author:  Trey Holland
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4876(GG1)
Views:  869   Comments: 0
Former Pennsylvania Railroad 4876
Title:  Former Pennsylvania Railroad 4876
Description:  Former PRR 4876. Pretty sure it is. If I am wrong, let me know.
Photo Date:  12/27/2008  Upload Date: 12/29/2008 8:20:00 PM
Location:  Baltimore, MD
Author:  Mark Obrzut
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4876(GG1)
Views:  674   Comments: 0
Pennsylvania Railroad 4876
Title:  Pennsylvania Railroad 4876
Description:  PRR 4876 in Baltimore, MD.
Photo Date:  12/27/2008  Upload Date: 1/5/2009 8:15:35 PM
Location:  Baltimore, MD
Author:  Mark Obrzut
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4876(GG1)
Views:  777   Comments: 0
PRR 4876
Title:  PRR 4876
Description:  Former PRR GG1 4876 sits on a siding near the B&O Railroad Museum's restoration shop. The locomotive still wears its black NJT paint scheme.
Photo Date:  7/9/2009  Upload Date: 7/17/2009 1:00:04 AM
Location:  Baltimore, MD
Author:  Paul Koprowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4876(GG1) NJT 4876(GG1)
Views:  1820   Comments: 1
PRR 4876
Title:  PRR 4876
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/12/2009  Upload Date: 11/25/2009 11:24:59 AM
Location:  Baltimore, MD
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4876(GG1) PC 4876(GG1)
Views:  730   Comments: 0
PRR 4876
Title:  PRR 4876
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/12/2009  Upload Date: 11/25/2009 11:25:00 AM
Location:  Baltimore, MD
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4876(GG1) PC 4876(GG1)
Views:  848   Comments: 0
PC 4876
Title:  PC 4876
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/12/2009  Upload Date: 11/25/2009 11:25:04 AM
Location:  Baltimore, MD
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4876(GG1) PRR 4876(GG1)
Views:  612   Comments: 1
PC 4876
Title:  PC 4876
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/12/2009  Upload Date: 11/25/2009 11:25:05 AM
Location:  Baltimore, MD
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4876(GG1) PRR 4876(GG1)
Views:  526   Comments: 0
PC 4876
Title:  PC 4876
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/12/2009  Upload Date: 11/25/2009 11:25:06 AM
Location:  Baltimore, MD
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4876(GG1) PRR 4876(GG1)
Views:  596   Comments: 0
PRR 4876
Title:  PRR 4876
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/13/2012  Upload Date: 10/13/2012 10:09:35 PM
Location:  Baltimore, MD
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4876(GG1)
Views:  714   Comments: 0
PRR 4876
Title:  PRR 4876
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/13/2012  Upload Date: 10/13/2012 10:09:56 PM
Location:  Baltimore, MD
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4876(GG1)
Views:  728   Comments: 0
PRR 4876 - Pennsylvania RR
Title:  PRR 4876 - Pennsylvania RR
Description:  What a surprise to see a Pennsy GG1 sitting in the back lot of the B&O Museum. Again another foaming at the mouth as this is my all-time favorite engine, even beating out my close to the heart Monon BL2! Please restore it!!!!!
Photo Date:  10/13/2012  Upload Date: 10/28/2012 8:23:14 AM
Location:  Baltimore B&O Museum, MD
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  PRR 4876(GG1)
Views:  749   Comments: 4
PRR 4876 - Pennsylvania RR
Title:  PRR 4876 - Pennsylvania RR
Description:  Part of the catenary is raised almost as if it is searching for power once more. Hope this gets donated to another museum who is interested in PRR pieces so it can be restored.
Photo Date:  10/13/2012  Upload Date: 10/28/2012 8:23:18 AM
Location:  Baltimore B&O Museum, MD
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  PRR 4876(GG1)
Views:  1765   Comments: 0
PRR 4876
Title:  PRR 4876
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/25/2014  Upload Date: 10/27/2014 12:23:41 PM
Location:  Baltimore, MD
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4876(GG1)
Views:  2102   Comments: 0
PRR 4876
Title:  PRR 4876
Description:  Shot off the Mile Express.
Photo Date:  9/6/2020  Upload Date: 9/7/2020 8:43:45 PM
Location:  Baltimore B&O Museum, MD
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4876(GG1)
Views:  411   Comments: 1
PRR 4876
Title:  PRR 4876
Description:  Shot off the Mile Express.
Photo Date:  9/6/2020  Upload Date: 9/7/2020 8:43:49 PM
Location:  Baltimore B&O Museum, MD
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4876(GG1)
Views:  251   Comments: 1
PRR 4876
Title:  PRR 4876
Description:  Shot off the Mile Express.
Photo Date:  9/6/2020  Upload Date: 9/7/2020 8:43:53 PM
Location:  Baltimore B&O Museum, MD
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4876(GG1)
Views:  255   Comments: 1
PRR 4876
Title:  PRR 4876
Description:  Shot off the Mile Express at their beautiful restoration shop
Photo Date:  9/6/2020  Upload Date: 9/7/2020 8:43:56 PM
Location:  Baltimore B&O Museum, MD
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4876(GG1)
Views:  392   Comments: 1
"The Ankle-View Train," Page 27, 1956
Title:  "The Ankle-View Train," Page 27, 1956
Description:  Here is page four of a four-page article by E. John Long entitled "The Ankle-View Train." It was published originally in the October 1956 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 27. Bottom Photo Caption: "Regular service: 'Keystone' slips out of Newark." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4877, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during January of 1939, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and presently on display at the United Railway Historical Society in Boonton, New Jersey.
Photo Date:  10/1/1956  Upload Date: 6/27/2018 5:06:18 AM
Location:  Newark, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  464   Comments: 1
PRR 4877, GG-1, 1960
Title:  PRR 4877, GG-1, 1960
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Fred Kern that was taken in Tacony, Pennsylvania, on 3 February 1960. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4877, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata in January of 1939, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and presently on display at the United Railway Historical Society in Boonton, New Jersey. ("LouisFols"; #7 of 13)
Photo Date:  2/3/1960  Upload Date: 4/15/2020 2:41:12 PM
Location:  Tacony, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  476   Comments: 0
PRR GG1 #4877
Title:  PRR GG1 #4877
Description:  PRR 4877, formerly nicknamed "Big Red", is seen here heading up a passenger train at an unidentified location. It is now owned by the United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey. It is stored at the West Boonton Yard in Boonton, New Jersey, United States. It is fully cosmetically restored to its original appearance. No date, location or photographer was listed for this photo. With Steve Coraggio's help (see comment below), it may be Harrison, NJ with Newark skyline in the background.. Thanks, Steve!
Photo Date:  6/1/1960  Upload Date: 3/14/2021 7:18:37 AM
Location:  Harrison, NJ
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  514   Comments: 1
Story Of The GG-1, Page 20, 1964
Title:  Story Of The GG-1, Page 20, 1964
Description:  Here is page one of a 17-page cover article by Frederick Westing entitled "GG1: Story Of The Most Famous Electric Locomotive In The Western Hemisphere." It was published originally in the March 1964 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 20. Photo by William D. Middleton. Shown here is a partial view of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4877, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during January of 1939, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and presently on display at the United Railway Historical Society in Boonton, New Jersey.
Photo Date:  3/1/1964  Upload Date: 10/6/2022 10:12:57 AM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  210   Comments: 0
Story Of The GG-1, Page 21, 1964
Title:  Story Of The GG-1, Page 21, 1964
Description:  Here is page two of a 17-page cover article by Frederick Westing entitled "GG1: Story Of The Most Famous Electric Locomotive In The Western Hemisphere." It was published originally in the March 1964 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 21. Photo by William D. Middleton. Shown here is a partial view of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4877, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during January of 1939, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and presently on display at the United Railway Historical Society in Boonton, New Jersey.
Photo Date:  3/1/1964  Upload Date: 10/6/2022 10:15:52 AM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  202   Comments: 0
GG-1  4877
Title:  GG-1 4877
Description:  GG-1 # 4877 slows down for its stop in New Brunswick.
Photo Date:  5/5/1965  Upload Date: 5/12/2006 2:19:03 PM
Location:  New Brunswick, NJ
Author:  TIMOTHY MADER
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  2078   Comments: 1
GG-1  4877
Title:  GG-1 4877
Description:  GG-1 # 4877 slows down for its New Brunswick stop.
Photo Date:  5/12/1965  Upload Date: 5/12/2006 2:21:14 PM
Location:  New Brunswick, NJ
Author:  TIMOTHY MADER
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:  1248   Comments: 0


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