The 1953 Pennsylvania Railroad train wreck occurred on January 15, 1953, when a passenger and mail train from Boston to Washington DC failed to brake sufficiently on its approach to Union Station, Was
Wreckage of the train
PRR 4876 preserved at Baltimore Railroad Museum
The Pennsylvania Railroad Class GG1 is a class of streamlined electric locomotives built for the Pennsylvania Railroad, in the northeastern United States. The class was known for its striking art deco
1953 Pennsylvania Railroad train wreck
…Haven electric locomotive replaced the diesel along with adding several passenger cars from Springfield for the run to New York's Penn Station where PRR GG1 No. 4876, an electric locomotive, was coupled on; the train had 16 coaches and Pullman sleeping cars. The Federal departed Boston at 11:00 p.m. After…
4868 hauling The Congressional
GG1 locomotive c. 1940
Pennsylvania Railroad GG-1 4899 at Newark, NJ in September 1964
A Penn Central GG1 with The Afternoon Congressional at Washington Union Station on January 18, 1969