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The GG1 is a class of streamlined electric locomotives built for the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) in the northeastern United States. The GG1 was developed as a replacement for the PRR P5 locomotives, which operated on the Pennsylvania Railroad in the early 1930s. Westinghouse Electric and General Electric were tasked with designing the locomotives to achieve a maximum speed of at least 100 mph (160 km/h), a streamlined body, and a centrally located driver's cab.

Service: The GG1 entered service with the PRR in 1935 and later served on its successor railroads, Penn Central, Conrail, and Amtrak. The last GG1 was retired by New Jersey Transit in 1983.

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1968 Kendallville Local Chicago to Kendallville Penn Central The consist includes a NYC E8A and a NYC 56-seat coach. The gifs used were made by me and can be found at the link below. They have my name in the description. http://kenstransitgifs.com/gifindex.html

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Penn Central E-units Chicago IL 1975

Its June 24, 1975, were at 21st with the Valparaiso commuter train leaving Chicago with two E-units crossing the big junction.

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Penn Central's Kendallville Local, LaSalle Street Station, Chicago, March 1968

A Roger Puta Photograph

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1972 Commuter New York City Penn Central/MTA The consist includes an ex-NYNH&H FL9 and two ex-NYC 108-seat coaches. The gifs used were made by me and can be found at the link below. They have my name in the description. http://kenstransitgifs.com/gifindex.html

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PC 5053 arriving at Katonah, NY, January 1976

A pair of Penn Central FL9s lead by 5053 (ex-NH 2053) arrives in Katonah on a snowy day in January 1976. The FL9s are wearing the special yellow-and-blue paint scheme applied to these locomotives after MTA subsidy funding began in 1970. In just four months, PC would be absorbed by Conrail, and MTA would assume direct operation of the line through Metro-North in 1983. Photo by Arthur J. Deeks

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Morning trains to GCT layover at ratty Poughkeepsie passenger station. ex-NH bridge over Hudson in background. September 1975

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PC 5057 at Brewster, NY, 1975

A New York-bound Harlem Line train prepares to depart Brewster, N.Y., on July 2, 1975. North of here, the line slims down to a single track proving service to Dover Plains. Passenger service to Chatham ended in 1972, and through freight would end in 1981. Art Deeks photo