GG1 Electrics

A pair of GG-1's are seen leading CC-7 at Newak NJ in Oct of 1977.

Conrail E44 4430 passes by GG1 4921 at Harrisburg, PA in 1979. In the background is E33 4610.

grab shot of 4800 shortly after delivery to Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, from car while stopped at red light on PA route 741 on June 6, 1981

Conrail GG1 4800 is seen at Strasburg, PA in 1981 before she was restored into PRR Brunswick Green with the 5-stripe trim by the Railroad Museum of PA.

CR 4801 pulling 2nd with 4868 on front pulling southbound freight on manor siding in Columbia Pa

A pair of G's power CRWA-7 (Croxton/Secaucus-Washington/Pot Yard) @ Colonia, NJ

Cr 4808 lead engine with CR 4869 pull a eastbound freight across the front st (rt 441) rail crossing onto the columbia branch headed to lancaster dillerville yard.

Got Pantographs? CR GG1's sitting whitelined at the Wilmington Shops awaiting their fate by the scrappers torch.

Conrail 4835 is sitting at the head of a line of GG1s awaiting the scrapper's torch at Wilmington, DE on 3/15/1981

Conrail GG1 4835 is seen at Wilmington, DE as a Amtrak Toaster passes on the Northeast Corridor on 2/15/1981

We have a death shot of CR 4841 waiting to be scrapped, Here's CR 4841 In a action shot pulling a southbound freight through Columbia PA

CR GG1's await the scrappers torch.

A 1979 view of Enola Yard shows a lineup of GG1s, including 4845, 4885, and 4886.

CR 4850 pulls a eastbound freight off the columbia branch (from Lancaster dillerville yard) onto the enola branch in columbia PA (cola tower is right on the other side of the gg1)

GG-1's 4856 and 4801 power OIPI-7 through Cly, PA

Conrail GG1 4859 is seen at the Railroad Museum of PA at Strasburg on 10/14/1982, awaiting restoration into her original PRR colors for display at the Harrisburg Amtrak station.

CR 4861 heading a northbound freight In Columbia Pa

CR 4868 GG1 on the front with CR 4801 pulling southbound freight on manor siding in columbia PA

Its the end of the line for CR 4885 and multiple other GG1's, seen here stored in Rutherford, PA in November 1981 awaiting disposition.

Former PC/PRR 4885 stored among a line of other GG1's at Rutherford, PA in October 1981.

This was just about as far west as the juice went on Conrail- note the "AC motor stop here" sign up above. The internal combustion power has cut off and this set of 3 GG1's, all "pans up", have tied on to this Edgemoor bound train in Harrisburg. Units 4889, 4811, and 4849 should be plenty of power to get this train of auto parts cars to it's destination.

Conrail GG1 4891 is seen among a group of other Gs waiting to be scrapped at Rutherford Yard on 11/14/1981

Conrail GG1 4891 is seen awaiting the scrapper's torch at Rutherford Yard on 11/14/1981.

eastbound freight on track 2

CR 4937 on front pulling northbound freight under the veterens memorial (rt 462) bridge in Columbia PA

After taking a tour of the west end of the system, these dozen GG1's destined for the scrapper have arrived in Kent, Ohio for a crew change. They had left Wilmington without spacer cars, but someone in Crestline decided all that "dead weight" needed extra braking, so hoppers were added between each unit (never mind they had gone from Wilmington to Chicago and back to Crestline without them.....). After all was set in Crestline the train went east via Orrville and up to the former Erie Lackawanna in Akron, then east from there to the scrapper in Hubbard- more railroad than those old electrics had planned to see! The leader of this motley pack of junk survives today as CSX 8826. For additional info see : http://thecrhs.org/?q=conrailfacts/Conrail-misrouted-a-GG1-funeral-train-all-the-way-to-Chicago

An overview of Enola Yard from 1979.

Former CR/PC/PRR 4822 and 4885 are seen at Reily St., Harrisburg, PA, on 5/4/1982 being shipped to Naporano Iron & Metal in Newark, NJ for scrapping. The writing next to the right of the road number reads "Driver Brake Only"