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| Title: |
The Pennsylvania Limited |
| Description: |
Taken by an unknown photographer. |
| Photo Date: |
12/15/1939 Upload Date: 12/6/2022 7:26:58 PM |
| Location: |
Princeton Junction, NJ |
| Author: |
Unknown |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 4879(GG1) |
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218 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR "Pennsylvania 4879," c. 1966 |
| Description: |
Here is a postal card that could be entitled "Pennsylvania 4879." No Postmark. Partial Caption On Reverse: "Electric locomotive number 4879, s GG-1, at the headend of a crack passenger train ready to depart Pennsylvania Station, New York." Photo Credit: William J. Brennan. PRR engine #4879 is a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during February of 1939, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and presently on display at the United Railway Historical Society in Boonton, New Jersey. Partially visible above the tracks and catenary is New York City's Main Post Office; in the right distance is the top of the Empire State Building. |
| Photo Date: |
11/14/1966 Upload Date: 9/29/2023 9:40:18 PM |
| Location: |
New York Penn Sta, NY |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 4879(GG1) |
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173 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 4879, GG-1, c. 1966 |
| Description: |
Electric Action. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken at the Passenger Station in Elizabeth, New Jersey, c. 1966. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4879, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during February of 1939, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and presently on display at the United Railway Historical Society in Boonton, New Jersey. The pedigree of the Central Railroad of New Jersey Railroad locomotive pictured here is not recorded. |
| Photo Date: |
11/14/1966 Upload Date: 10/10/2024 8:11:26 PM |
| Location: |
Elizabeth, NJ |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
107 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
PRR 4879, GG-1, c. 1967 |
| Description: |
PFJ. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken at Frankford Junction near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, c. 1967. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4879, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during February of 1939, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and presently on display at the United Railway Historical Society in Boonton, New Jersey. |
| Photo Date: |
9/22/1967 Upload Date: 9/10/2024 10:13:32 AM |
| Location: |
Frankford Junction, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 4879(GG1) |
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77 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PC 4879 |
| Description: |
Not sure why they bothered. A pair of GG1s with an abbreviated Flexi-Van train. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1971 Upload Date: 2/7/2021 5:09:32 PM |
| Location: |
North Elizabeth, NJ |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
PC 4879(GG1) |
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236 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PC 4879 |
| Description: |
An Eastbound morning commuter train on the high fill crossing Croxton Yard. |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/1973 Upload Date: 6/13/2009 8:11:15 AM |
| Location: |
Secaucus, NJ |
| Author: |
Jim Gavin |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
PC 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
557 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PC 4879 |
| Description: |
GG-1 # 4879 sits at South Amboy during the weekend. |
| Photo Date: |
5/19/1973 Upload Date: 9/22/2006 3:11:35 PM |
| Location: |
New Brunswick, NJ |
| Author: |
TIMOTHY MADER |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
PC 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
475 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GG-1 4879 |
| Description: |
GG-1 # 4879 waits away the weekend in the MU Yard at Jersey Ave. New Brunswick. |
| Photo Date: |
4/27/1974 Upload Date: 5/9/2006 3:15:16 PM |
| Location: |
New Brunswick, NJ |
| Author: |
TIMOTHY MADER |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
PC 4879(GG1) |
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435 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PC 4879 |
| Description: |
Looks like a race but isn't; GG1 4879 is in charge of a Jersey Shore commuter train stopped at Elizabeth discharging passengers while a Metroliner scoots past on its way to Washington, D.C. |
| Photo Date: |
12/22/1974 Upload Date: 1/27/2009 7:03:51 PM |
| Location: |
Elizabeth, NJ |
| Author: |
Vincent J. Benkovitz |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
PC 4879(GG1) AMTK 827(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
887 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
PC 4879 on a Jersey Coast train |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
3/24/1975 Upload Date: 1/10/2024 8:25:40 PM |
| Location: |
Elizabeth, NJ |
| Author: |
Tim Darnell |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
PC 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
159 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
GG1 PC 4879 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
8/6/1975 Upload Date: 6/21/2003 4:06:49 PM |
| Location: |
Sunnyside Yard, NY |
| Author: |
Harv Kahn |
| Categories: |
InCab,Yard,Station |
| Locomotives: |
PC 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
959 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GG1 PC 4879 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
10/24/1975 Upload Date: 6/21/2003 4:06:49 PM |
| Location: |
Elizabeth, NJ |
| Author: |
Harv Kahn |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
PC 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
782 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PC GG1 4879 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
3/24/1976 Upload Date: 11/8/2008 7:45:12 AM |
| Location: |
Harrison, NJ |
| Author: |
Jim Gavin |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
PC 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
481 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CR 4879 |
| Description: |
Before lettering for NJ Transit. |
| Photo Date: |
5/20/1976 Upload Date: 6/5/2020 10:20:52 PM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tim Darnell |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CR 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
167 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Penn Central 4879 |
| Description: |
A clean GG1 on a North Jersey Coast train in July 1976 at Newark. |
| Photo Date: |
7/15/1976 Upload Date: 8/27/2013 8:44:08 AM |
| Location: |
Newark Penn Station, NJ |
| Author: |
John Hepp |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
PC 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
331 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NJDOT GG1 4879 |
| Description: |
NJDOT GG1 4879 ready to go late in the day at South Amboy. Still reliable after all these years! 4879 would ultimately be one of 3 operable GG1's at the end of their seemingly endless career in late October, 1983. |
| Photo Date: |
11/18/1978 Upload Date: 10/10/2015 4:48:09 PM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Alan Page |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
NJDOT 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
271 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NJDOT GG1 4879 |
| Description: |
Light was almost gone for NJDOT GG1 4879 at South Amboy in November 18, 1978.. |
| Photo Date: |
11/18/1978 Upload Date: 10/10/2015 5:00:45 PM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Alan Page |
| Categories: |
Roster,Night |
| Locomotives: |
NJDOT 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
217 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NJT 4879 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
1/14/1979 Upload Date: 5/27/2015 10:36:36 PM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
andrew koenigsberg |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
NJT 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
515 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NJT 4879 has a n/b commuter train that originated at Bay Head on the NEC |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
1/27/1979 Upload Date: 3/31/2010 9:48:57 AM |
| Location: |
Linden, NJ |
| Author: |
Jack D. Kuiphoff |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
NJT 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
872 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
New Jersey Department of Transportation GG1 #4879 Pulling Amtrak |
| Description: |
Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency. |
| Photo Date: |
7/7/1979 Upload Date: 9/28/2006 10:06:09 PM |
| Location: |
Morrisville, PA |
| Author: |
Kim Piersol |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
NJT 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
709 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NJT GG1 4879 |
| Description: |
New Jersey Transit GG1 4879 somewhere in or around New York City, New York on an unknown day in June 1980, photo by Chuck Zeiler. If anyone knows this location please leave a Comment. I was on a business trip and this was shot with the company camera, so I didn't mark the slide correctly. Update, see Comment below, thanks Tom. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1980 Upload Date: 12/11/2010 3:03:22 PM |
| Location: |
New York, NY |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
825 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
NJDOT 4879 |
| Description: |
An afternoon commuter run lead by NJDOT 4879 passes a hard working Conrail Geep switching out cars at Stiles Street Yard in Linden NJ. [ate is approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1981 Upload Date: 8/1/2010 6:15:21 PM |
| Location: |
Linden, NJ |
| Author: |
Randy Kotuby |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4879(GG1) CR 1603(GP15-1) |
| Views: |
919 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NJDOT 4879 |
| Description: |
A South Amboy bound G passes a set of Jersey Arrow III's at Rahway. Date is approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1981 Upload Date: 8/1/2010 6:15:38 PM |
| Location: |
Rahway, NJ |
| Author: |
Randy Kotuby |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
885 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NJT 4879 |
| Description: |
GG-1 4879 in the scenic South Amboy engine facility. |
| Photo Date: |
2/6/1982 Upload Date: 1/3/2007 1:26:45 PM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Donald Albertson |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
1055 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Gs in the motor pit |
| Description: |
This was a common scene on weekends at Sunnyside yard. |
| Photo Date: |
5/23/1982 Upload Date: 3/3/2013 4:34:20 AM |
| Location: |
Sunnyside Yard, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4881(GG1) NJT 4879(GG1) NJT 4880(GG1) |
| Views: |
833 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NJT 4879 |
| Description: |
exact Date Unknown Photo taken by Les Mathis. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1983 Upload Date: 2/21/2012 2:23:56 PM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Eric Kreszl |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
NJT 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
601 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NJT 4879 |
| Description: |
NJT 4879 pulls a short New York bound train past the PATH station at Harrison NJ toward the end of its career. This would be the last GG 1 to run, closing the show in October on a"fantrip to Matawan. The PATH trains ran on the outside tracks here-note the third rail. That system was once part of the Pennsy empire, known then as the Hudson & Manhattan, cnnnecting Pennsy stations at Newark and Jersey City with New York starting in 1908. |
| Photo Date: |
5/10/1983 Upload Date: 11/26/2011 11:47:10 PM |
| Location: |
Harrison, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
679 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NJT 4879 |
| Description: |
Engine change at South Amboy, 1 of 4, GG1 uncouples from train and pulls forward. |
| Photo Date: |
7/9/1983 Upload Date: 1/31/2006 4:35:28 PM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Jeff Van Cleve |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
NJT 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
964 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NJT 4879 |
| Description: |
Engine change at South Amboy, 2 of 4. GG1 backs through crossover, Es wait in distance. |
| Photo Date: |
7/9/1983 Upload Date: 1/31/2006 4:45:17 PM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Jeff Van Cleve |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
NJT 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
851 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NJT 4879 to the rescue |
| Description: |
After 4877 broke down |
| Photo Date: |
10/29/1983 Upload Date: 1/26/2013 8:17:30 AM |
| Location: |
Perth Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Bob Kise |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
728 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NJDOT 4879 |
| Description: |
NJ Transit GG-1 #4879 at Matawan NJ. This photo was originally taken by Lester Mathis. |
| Photo Date: |
10/29/1983 Upload Date: 5/6/2010 10:18:25 PM |
| Location: |
Matawan, NJ |
| Author: |
Eric Kreszl |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
NJT 4879(GG1) NJT 4879(GG1) PRR 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
1104 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NJT 4879 |
| Description: |
On the last day of operation, GG-1 4879 pulls this w/b into Matawan. |
| Photo Date: |
10/29/1983 Upload Date: 9/2/2006 9:42:24 AM |
| Location: |
Matawan, NJ |
| Author: |
Donald Albertson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
NJT 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
1147 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NJT 4879 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
11/19/1983 Upload Date: 8/29/2015 9:57:50 PM |
| Location: |
Elizabethport Yard, NJ |
| Author: |
andrew koenigsberg |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
NJT 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
374 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NJT 4879 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
12/31/1983 Upload Date: 3/17/2013 6:04:13 PM |
| Location: |
Sunnyside, NY |
| Author: |
Philip M. Goldstein |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
NJT 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
443 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 925 & NJT 4879 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
12/31/1983 Upload Date: 3/17/2013 6:04:15 PM |
| Location: |
Sunnyside, NY |
| Author: |
Philip M. Goldstein |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
AMTK 925(AEM7) NJT 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
596 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
New Jersey Transit GG-1 4879 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
12/13/1988 Upload Date: 6/19/2008 11:33:17 AM |
| Location: |
Raritan, NJ |
| Author: |
andrew koenigsberg |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
NJT 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
861 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NJT 4879 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
4/1/1991 Upload Date: 9/24/2014 11:13:21 PM |
| Location: |
Ridgefield Park, NJ |
| Author: |
Steve Kranefeld |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4879(GG1) NJT 4876(GG1) NJT 4872(GG1) |
| Views: |
761 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Hospital/Funeral train |
| Description: |
CSX 8028 is on the point of a hospital/funeral train at Ridgefield Park, NJ. The equipment is sutff that was stored in the PSE&G yard for years. The equipment, with the exception the NYSW 206 are headed for Boonton for storage and maybe eventual restoration. |
| Photo Date: |
7/26/2008 Upload Date: 7/26/2008 10:54:35 PM |
| Location: |
Ridgefield Park, NJ |
| Author: |
John Durant |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CSX 8028(SD40-2) CSX 8509(SD50) URHS 4879(GG1) URHS 4253(E8A) NYSW 206(S2) PSEG 100(100Tonner) |
| Views: |
2443 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
URHS 4879 |
| Description: |
URHS 4879 is in rough shape. I dont know if there is enough bondo in the world to fill in all the rust and craters! |
| Photo Date: |
7/26/2008 Upload Date: 7/26/2008 10:56:38 PM |
| Location: |
Ridgefield Park, NJ |
| Author: |
John Durant |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
URHS 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
2117 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
The Menagerie |
| Description: |
Here is another look at the menagerie heading for the NYSW and eventually Boonton |
| Photo Date: |
7/26/2008 Upload Date: 7/26/2008 10:54:52 PM |
| Location: |
Ridgefield Park, NJ |
| Author: |
John Durant |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
URHS 4879(GG1) PSEG 100(100Tonner) |
| Views: |
1610 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NJTR 4879 |
| Description: |
Former PRR 4879, the last G to pull a revenue passenger train in the state of New Jersey sits in the URHS yard in Boonton after the recent move from Ridgefield Park. |
| Photo Date: |
8/20/2008 Upload Date: 8/21/2008 12:23:14 AM |
| Location: |
Boonton, NJ |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
749 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 4879 |
| Description: |
URHS open house |
| Photo Date: |
5/23/2009 Upload Date: 5/23/2009 8:40:56 PM |
| Location: |
Boonton, NJ |
| Author: |
Bob Vogel |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
869 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 4879 |
| Description: |
ORHS open house |
| Photo Date: |
5/23/2009 Upload Date: 5/23/2009 8:44:34 PM |
| Location: |
Boonton, NJ |
| Author: |
Bob Vogel |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
806 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
In Need of Some Work |
| Description: |
4879 could use some work, please if you have time help the URHS out! |
| Photo Date: |
5/23/2009 Upload Date: 5/24/2009 6:28:30 PM |
| Location: |
Boonton, NJ |
| Author: |
Brandon Kaback |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 4879(GG1) NJT 4879(GG1) NJT 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
1131 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
In Need of Some Work |
| Description: |
4879 could use some work, please if you have time help the URHS out! |
| Photo Date: |
5/23/2009 Upload Date: 5/24/2009 6:29:25 PM |
| Location: |
Boonton, NJ |
| Author: |
Brandon Kaback |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
NJT 4879(GG1) PRR 4879(GG1) NJT 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
819 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
An Overview of the URHS Open House |
| Description: |
The two E8s can be seen in the front with the GG1 and the rest torwards the back. Thank You to the volunteers at the URHS for a great event. |
| Photo Date: |
5/23/2009 Upload Date: 5/24/2009 7:11:27 PM |
| Location: |
Boonton, NJ |
| Author: |
Brandon Kaback |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4326(E8A) NJT 4253(E8A) NJT 4253(E8A) PRR 4879(GG1) NJT 4879(GG1) NJT 4879(GG1) |
| Views: |
2169 Comments: 1 |
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