Penn Central PRR 4877, Big Red, pantograph, GG1, Photo

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Code Number:: VRFV06P10_13
Title:: Penn Central PRR 4877, Big Red, GG1-class electric locomotive, pantograph, GG1, Amboy; Builder: Altoona Works
Built: January 1939
AAR wheel arrangment: 2-C+C-2
Gauge: 1,435 mm (4 feet 8 1?2 inches)
Driver diameter: 1,448 mm (4 feet 9 inches)
Length: 24.23 meters (79 feet 6 inches)
Width: 3.15 meters (10 feet 4 inches)
Height: 4.57 meters (15 feet 0 inches) over locked-down pantographs
Locomotive weight: 216,000 kg (477,000 pounds)
Electric system: 11,000 V AC, 25 Hz
Overhead AC with dual pantographs
Maximum speed: 160 km/h (100 mph) (passenger)
140 km/h (90 mph) (freight)
Power output: 4,620 hp (3,450 kW)
Career Operators: Pennsylvania Railroad, Penn Central, Conrail, New Jersey Transit
Class: GG1
Retired: 29/10/1983
Current owner: United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey
Keywords:: New Jersey, United States of America, NJ, USA, Electric Locomotive, Pantograph, Power, Engine, Traction, Freight Train, Railroad, Commerce, Transportation, business, Track, rail, Transport, freightage, hauling, Rail Road, shipment, shipping, transit, Railroadiana, History, Archives, Railfan, Commercial-Shipping, Industry, Industrial, Retro, History

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Code Number:: VRFV06P10_13
Title:: Penn Central PRR 4877, Big Red, GG1-class electric locomotive, pantograph, GG1, Amboy; Builder: Altoona Works
Built: January 1939
AAR wheel arrangment: 2-C+C-2
Gauge: 1,435 mm (4 feet 8 1?2 inches)
Driver diameter: 1,448 mm (4 feet 9 inches)
Length: 24.23 meters (79 feet 6 inches)
Width: 3.15 meters (10 feet 4 inches)
Height: 4.57 meters (15 feet 0 inches) over locked-down pantographs
Locomotive weight: 216,000 kg (477,000 pounds)
Electric system: 11,000 V AC, 25 Hz
Overhead AC with dual pantographs
Maximum speed: 160 km/h (100 mph) (passenger)
140 km/h (90 mph) (freight)
Power output: 4,620 hp (3,450 kW)
Career Operators: Pennsylvania Railroad, Penn Central, Conrail, New Jersey Transit
Class: GG1
Retired: 29/10/1983
Current owner: United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey
Keywords:: New Jersey, United States of America, NJ, USA, Electric Locomotive, Pantograph, Power, Engine, Traction, Freight Train, Railroad, Commerce, Transportation, business, Track, rail, Transport, freightage, hauling, Rail Road, shipment, shipping, transit, Railroadiana, History, Archives, Railfan, Commercial-Shipping, Industry, Industrial, Retro, History
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