The maximum for GG1 freights was 90mph. Some folks confuse the overhead catenary voltage with traction locomotive voltage, and are tempted to compare systems by volts alone.

Here's the asbestos removal house for the Ford Museum's newly acquired GG1. I've read that some of the residents of Cooperstown Jct weren't too happy to find out that the GG1s that …

PRR GG1 4846 was damaged in a wreck in the mid-1960's, and instead of rebuilding it, the PRR cut it down and turned the less damaged half into a snowblower that was used at the electric …

GG1 #4876, the locomotive that crashed through the floor of Union Station in Washington, DC in 1953, is now safely behind fencing at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore. The …

TOs Does anyone know if there was ever any thought of equipping GG1 with 3rd rail shoes to enter Grand Central Terminal? thanks robert162

These were Government of Canada cars GG1 and GG2 (GG = Governor General). GG1 is the car with the platform; GG2 is a sleeper. They were Hawker Siddeley Canada cars, similar to …

GG1 4876 went on to a long and distinguished career on Pennsylvania Railroad, Penn Central, and NJ Transit. I believe it was among the very last G's retired from the New York & Long …

Nostalgia & History > GG1 4935 at Wilmington,De Date: 05/26/25 07:20 GG1 4935 at Wilmington,De Author: gcm Sept 1979 A rescan. During the excellent '79 NRHS convention, …

In June of 1983, members of the Baltimore Chapter, NRHS were cosmetically restoring this GG1 at Baltimore's B&O Railroad Museum. Today I believe the locomotive is at the National …

Just woundering but why don't you see a Pennsy GG1's run any trips on the NEC or relly any where? Or are they that hard to maintain or restore?