Pennsylvania Railroad 4800, nicknamed "Old Rivets", is a GG1 class electric locomotive located at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, outside of Strasburg, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is the prototype GG1 and was originally numbered 4899.

2024年12月26日 · PRR engine #4800 is a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric locomotive built by General Electric as number "4899" during August of 1934, rated at 4,620 horsepower, renumbered "4800" in November of 1934, owned successively by Penn Central and Conrail, and presently on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg.

Here is an original 35mm color slide showing Conrail engine #4800, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built by General Electric for the Pennsylvania Railroad as number "4899" during August of 1934, rated at 4,620 horsepower, renumbered "4800" in November of 1934, owned successively by Penn Central and Conrail, and presently on display at the Railroad Museum of ...

On January 28, 1935, No. 4800 pulled the first electrically powered train from Washington to Philadelphia. On the return trip No. 4800, at Landover, Maryland, set a speed record of 102 mph for that section of track. No. 4800 remained in service on the PRR and later Penn Central and Conrail, until October 1979, when the main transformer failed.

The railroad built 139 units (#4800 through #4938) between the years 1934 and 1943. Many of them were built at the Juniata Locomotive Shop in Altoona, PA. This streamlined locomotive, designed for bidirectional operation was mainly used for passenger trains, but a few were regeared for freight service.

为庆祝这一盛况，宾州铁路决定于2月10日开行一趟特别专列，由“PRR 4880”号GG1型牵引。 列车从华盛顿特区和费城间做一次往返运行。 从费城返回的时候创造了一项1小时50分的世界纪录。 1950年代中期，铁路客运衰落后，部分客运机车闲置。 宾州铁路将4801–4857号进行变速齿轮改装，用于货物运输。 改装后机车极速降为140公里/小时，但客运设备和蒸汽加温装置仍被保留。 这些货运机车在节日被用于牵引邮政列车，以及每年为在费城举行的海军官校-陆军官校足球 …

6 天之前 · The only PROPER paint scheme for this historic locomotive would be her original PRR dress. This is the "class" locomotive and deserves a classy paint scheme. In fact, the only paint scheme that looks "right" on a GG1 is PRR Brunswick Green (black, choose on striping - but I prefer the "cat whiskers.") or Tuscan with "cat whiskers."

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2025年1月3日 · Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4800, the R-1 (2-D-2) electric built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during September of 1934, rated at 5,000 horsepower, renumbered "4899" in 1934, renumbered "4999" in 1940, and retired in October of 1956.

Conceived by the Pennsylvania Railroad and built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works and General Electric Company, No. 4800 logged nearly 5 million miles in its forty-five-year life. It was the prototype for a 139-unit fleet built during a decade to serve on the PRR's electrified lines, and the only one with a riveted body shell; the remainder were ...