Pennsylvania Railroad 4800
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Pennsylvania Railroad 4800, nicknamed "Old Rivets", is a GG1 class electric locomotive located at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, outside of Strasburg, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is th
4800 at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in June 2010
Detail of PRR 4800 showing the builder's plate
Penn Central 4801 and 4800 eastward at North Elizabeth in December 1975
The Pennsylvania Railroad's class R1 comprised a single prototype electric locomotive constructed in 1934 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, with the electrical equipme
Pennsylvania Railroad 4800
…States. It is the prototype GG1 and was originally numbered 4899. Built by General Electric in 1934, the locomotive competed against a prototype, the R1, built by rival company Westinghouse. 4800 was kept in service by the Pennsylvania Railroad and its successors, Penn Central and Conrail, until 1979…
R1 #4800 in its builders' portrait