#2440· PRR GG1
Pennsylvania Railroad class GG1
🇺🇸 United States ·built by General Electric· from 1934· class of American electric locomotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. The Congressional Pennsylvania Railroad: Association of American Railroads (railroad trade organization)-photo is from the Pennsylvania Railroad.· Public domain
- 2. PRR GG1 4890 at NRM, Green Bay, 20040426: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Penn Central GG1 4896 with Train 121, The Afternoon Congressional, at Washington, DC Union Station on January 18, 1969 (23681944273): railfan 44· Public domain
- 4. Restored GG1 PRR 4927 at IRM: Tgpqaz· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. PRR-GG1 n°4817: Tangopaso· Public domain
- 6. Central Roanoke VA - 27738816667 N&W Y6a 2156 and PRR GG1 4919: Payton Chung· CC BY 2.0
- 7. Norfolk and Western Railway 2156: O484~enwiki· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Norfolk and Western Steam (N&W 2156): O484~enwiki· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 4909 later Amtrak 4932: https://www.flickr.com/photos/russnelson/ Russ Nelson· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 10. Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 4917 later Amtrak 4934: https://www.flickr.com/photos/russnelson/ Russ Nelson· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Pennsylvania Railroad Class GG1 is a class of streamlined electric locomotives built for the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), in the northeastern United States. The class was known for its striking art deco shell, its ability to pull trains at up to 100 mph, and its long operating career of almost 50 years. Between 1934 and 1943, General Electric and the PRR's Altoona Works built 139 GG1s.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 92 years ago, in 1934.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- 6.3 MW is about 75 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 36 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 24.1 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 48 years (1935–1983).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1934–1943
- in service from
- 1935
- retired
- 1983
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 139
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- General Electric, Altoona Works
- designer
- General Electric, Donald Dohner & Raymond Loewy
- operators
- Pennsylvania Railroad, Penn Central Transportation Company, Conrail, Amtrak, New Jersey Transit
- top speed
- 161 km/h
- power
- 6.3 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Overhead line, 1113.5 kV 25 Hz AC
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0+0-6-4
- length
- 24.1 m
- weight
- 216 t
- Dutch name
- PRR GG1
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q197861, Wikipedia: Pennsylvania Railroad class GG1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.