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The 900 Series GG-1



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Built by the PRR starting in 1935, operated by Penn Central, Conrail, NJT and Amtrak

When Amtrak first started renumbering the GG-1s all they did was remove the "4" Only three units were renumbered like this 4902, 4908,
4931 ( 902, 908, 931 respectively). This idea was quickly dropped and all 30 were numbered into the 900-929 series.

In the spring of 1976, as part of the sale of the Northeast Corridor, Amtrak got another 11 GG-1s. These were never
renumbered into the 900 series.

It would appear that the 900 series GG-1s were renumbered back into the 4900 series before the 900 series
AEM-7s arrived in 1979.

All were retired by 1983
 

 Location and Information

 Date

 Photo Credit

901
New Haven CT

April 18, 1976

 Ralph Phillips

901
 Washington DC
former PC 4892
built March 1940		  August 1977

 Dick Leonhardt

901
 unknown location

 1975

 Harv Kahn

901
Baltimore MD  June 1978 

 Dick Leonhardt

902
 Baltimore MD
former PC 4899

 June 1978

 Dick Leonhardt

902
 unknown location     

902
902 with a gaggle of GG-1s  unknown location 

 1976

 Harv Kahn
Linden NJ
eastbound
Basic black with modified air intake filters, pulling Amfleet coaches.
July 1977
Randy Kotuby
902 the inbound service track at New Haven Motor Storage.    
902   one of the six silver  

 John Van Scoyk

903
 Rahway NJ

 Dec 23, 1976

 Paul De Luca
Rahway NJ
June 1977
Randy Kotuby
. 905 unknown location 
former PC 4902		  June 10, 1975

Harv Kahn 
.  905  unknown location   unknown 

 Bob Redden
. 905 Baltimore MD  June 1978

 Dick Leonhardt
. 905  unknown  unknown  from the
collection of
Albert Phleep
.

906
 Harrisburg PA

 unknown

 from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
..

906
 Washington DC
former PC 4903

 June 1977

Dick Leonhardt
.

906
 unknown location

 1975

 Harv Kahn
.

906
 New Carrollton MD

 April 1979

 Dick Leonhardt
.

906
 unknown location

 1975

 Harv Kahn
.

906
 NewCarrolltonMD
note the power car

 April 1979

Dick Leonhardt
. 906 unknown location   unknown

Harv Kahn
. 907  unknown location 
former PC 4906		  unknown

 Joseph Testagrose
.  907      GR Harper
. 908  unknown location  unknown 

 Chris Coleman
.

908
 Elizabeth NJ
with the Silver Meteor		    
.

909
 New Haven CT
former PC 4908

 June 1974

 Dick Leonhardt

.

 910
 Baltimore MD

 Feb. 1977

 Tom Arnold
from the
collection of
Bill Hakkarinen
.

911
  Washington DC
former PC 4911		  August 1977

 Dick Leonhardt
.

912
 Washington DC
former PC 4912		  August 1976

 Dick Leonhardt
.

912
 NewCarrollton MD  April 1979

 Dick Leonhardt
.

912
 New Carrollton MD  August 1979

 Dick Leonhardt
.

913
 New Haven CT
former PC 4913

 June 1974

 Dick Leonhardt
.

913
  Baltimore MD
904 is trailing		  June 1978

 Dick Leonhardt
.

914
 New Carrollton MD
former PC 4914		  April 1979

 Dick Leonhardt
.

915
 Baltimore MD
former PC 4916		  June 1978

 Dick Leonhardt
.

 916
 New York NY
Penn Station
former PC 4918		 November 1977 

 Dick Leonhardt
.

916
 New Carrollton MD June 1979 

 Dick Leonhardt
.

916
 Connecticut
Amtrak Number
Penn Central paint		  June 1974

 Dick Leonhardt
.

917

 Baltimore MD

 May 1977

 Tom Arnold
from the
collection of
Bill Hakkarinen
.

918
 New York City NY
former PC 4920		  November 1977

 Dick Leonhardt
.

918
 New York City NY  November 1977

  Dick Leonhardt
.

918
 New Carrollton MD

 March 1979

 Dick Leonhardt
. 919 . . from the
collection of
Jim Hebner 
.

920
 Washington DC
former PC 4925

 August 1977

 Dick Leonhardt
. 920 . 1976   George Haines
.

920
Long Island City NY
Hunters Point Ave Station 

 1976

 Harv Kahn
.  

Amtrak 920 ex4925

NewHaven CT.

4-78

 Joseph Testagrose

921
 Baltimore MD

 June 1978

 Dick Leonhardt
. 921  former Penn Central 4926  Harv Kahn
 921  Wilmington DE  Oct 17, 1978  Harv Kahn

Amtrak921
ex4926 at 30St Yd
Philadelphia PA

6-78

 Joseph Testagrose

 Amtrak921ex4926in
SunnysideYd
Queens NY
6-75
Joseph Testagrose
GHL

 Amtrak 921 ex4926

Trenton NJ
8-78
Joseph Testagrose

 Amtrak 921 ex4926in
Sunnyside Yd
Queens NY

3-77
Joseph Testagrose
WR

922
. .

 Harv Kahn
922  former Penn Central 4928 .  Harv Kahn
 922 GR Harper 
.

923
 New Rochelle NY

 Dec 23, 1975

 Paul DeLuca
.

923
. .

  Harv Kahn
One of the colorful G's painted in Amtrak's red, blue and silver paint. A
play on the handful of silver G's the PRR had. Eventually all Amtrak motive
power would have silver bodies but only a few of the G's were saved from PC
black.

Photo is taken during the afternoon rush hour at the old North Rahway
station. Merck Pharmaceutical is in the background (you can see the
smokestack with Merck on it behind the G). The railroad built the station
at the request of Merck. It was eventually shut down in the 80's and you
can no longer get at the platforms as the stair cases have been removed.

Still pulling the old standard heavyweight cars.
Sept 1976
Randy Kotuby
. 924 Harrisburg PA
former Penn Central 4931		 September 1977 from the
collection of
JL Hunt
.

924
 Baltimore MD

 August 1977
  Dick Leonhardt

924
 Baltimore MD  August 1977  Dick Leonhardt
.

924
 Baltimore MD  August 1977  Dick Leonhardt
.

925
 New Carrollton MD
former Penn Central 4932

 April 1979
  Dick Leonhardt
. 926  former Penn Central 4933 .  Ohio Rail Group
.

926
 Washington DC

 June 1978
  Dick Leonhardt
.

926
 Washington DC

 June 1978
  Dick Leonhardt
. 927 unknown location 
former PC 4934		 April 1972  Bob Redden
.

927
 Washington DC

 August 1977

 Dick Leonhardt
.

927
 unknown location

 unknown

 photo by
Willie Rosenberg
from the collection of
Joseph Testagrose
.

928
 unknown location

 July 1976

 Mac Owen
. 929 unknown location 
former PC 4938
built June 1943		  unknown  from the
collection of
JL Hunt
.

929
 Hell Gate Bridge
New York City

 1975

 Harv Kahn


AMTRAK 900 GG1 PRR/GE 4360 3/40 PC 4892; PRR 4892

AMTRAK 901 GG1 PRR/WH 4366 4/40 PC 4897; PRR 4897

AMTRAK 902 GG1 PRR/GE 4371 5/40 PC 4902; PRR 4902
AMTRAK 902 GG1 PRR/WH 4368 5/40 PC 4899; PRR 4899

AMTRAK 903 GG1 PRR/GE 4370 5/40 PC 4900; PRR 4900

AMTRAK 904 GG1 PRR/WH 4369 5/40 PC 4901; PRR 4901

 


AMTRAK 905 GG1 PRR/GE 4371 5/40 AMT 902:1; PC 4902; PRR 4902

AMTRAK 906 GG1 PRR/WH 4372 6/40 PC 4903; PRR 4903

AMTRAK 907 GG1 PRR/GE 4374 6/40 PC 4906; PRR 4906

AMTRAK 908 GG1 PRR/WH 4377 8/40 PC 4907; PRR 4907

AMTRAK 909 GG1 PRR/GE 4375 7/40 PC 4908; PRR 4908

AMTRAK 910 GG1 PRR/GE 4379 12/41 PC 4910; PRR 4910

AMTRAK 911 GG1 PRR/GE 4380 1/42 PC 4911; PRR 4911

AMTRAK 912 GG1 PRR/GE 4381 1/42 PC 4912; PRR 4912

AMTRAK 913 GG1 PRR/GE 4382 1/42 PC 4913; PRR 4913

AMTRAK 914 GG1 PRR/GE 4384 6/42 PC 4914; PRR 4914

AMTRAK 915 GG1 PRR/GE 4386 6/42 PC 4916; PRR 4916

AMTRAK 916 GG1 PRR/GE 4388 7/42 PC 4918; PRR 4918

AMTRAK 917 GG1 PRR/WH 4389 7/42 PC 4919; PRR 4919

AMTRAK 918 GG1 PRR/GE 4390 7/42 PC 4920; PRR 4920

AMTRAK 919 GG1 PRR/GE 4394 8/42 PC 4924; PRR 4924

AMTRAK 920 GG1 PRR/WH 4395 8/42 PC 4925; PRR 4925

AMTRAK 921 GG1 PRR/WH 4396 9/42 PC 4926; PRR 4926

AMTRAK 922 GG1 PRR/WH 4398 10/42 PC 4928; PRR 4928

AMTRAK 923 GG1 PRR/WH 4418 2/43 PC 4929; PRR 4929

AMTRAK 924 GG1 PRR/WH 4426 2/43 PC 4931; PRR 4931

AMTRAK 925 GG1 PRR/GE 4427 3/43 PC 4932; PRR 4932

AMTRAK 926 GG1 PRR/WH 4428 3/43 PC 4933; PRR 4933

AMTRAK 927 GG1 PRR/GE 4431 3/43 PC 4934; PRR 4934

AMTRAK 928 GG1 PRR/WH 4445 4/43 PC 4937; PRR 4937

AMTRAK 929 GG1 PRR/GE 4462 6/43 PC 4938; PRR 4938

 

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This archive was first accessed August 1996