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Re: my father is a GG1 fan ( prr 30s to 55' ) |
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Posted by kp5308 on Fri Mar 7 09:26:07 2008, in response to my father is a GG1 fan ( prr 30s to 55' ), posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Fri Mar 7 02:10:07 2008. The drawing you posted is of the "test" GG1, later renumbered 4800 when the engine was chosen as the prototype for the fleet, with the change to an all welded shell & streamlining of various exterior details by Raymond Lowey. As shown in Bob's post, the fleet also introduced the 5 stripe PRR livery.PRR tested a homebuilt model R1 2- D -2 fixed frame engine against a borrowed New Haven EP3a 2 -C + C- 2 model on the test section at Claymont DE, & found the tracking qualities of the NH engine to be vastly superior to the enlarged P5a model that the R1 represented. A vivid memory from my early teenage years is a Silverliner (II) cab ride from Elizabethtown to Harrisburg, which included passing a Truc-Train powered by a pair of G's, then getting a tour of a G cab while at Harrisburg. I bring this up because I had 3 non-railfan buddies with me, & they ALL recall this just as clearly as I do. They were indeed impressive machines. |
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