GG1: An American Classic

A 1983 NJ Transit documentary detailing the legendary Pennsylvania Railroad GG1, featuring the tuscan red GG1 with road number 4877 known as “Big Red”.

The film starts with the forward:

“Nearly a billion miles ago, in a time between the Global Wars, the force of the electron first set into motion a noble group of transporters

They raced along guideways that united the great centers of the Western World. Each could ferry more than a thousand people at a time with speed and sureness.

With their modern style, they unified the present and the future. Triumphant over space and time each of this celebrated class of cruisers was called: GG1: An American Classic.”

Included are many interior and exterior views of the GG1, including engine changes at South Amboy, NJ and shots of GG1s rolling past New York City.

• Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania (0)
• Pennsylvania Railroad, “Wheels of Steel” (0)
• Pennsylvania Railroad, “Progress on the Rails” (0)
• Philadelphia’s 30th Steet Station (2)
• On Location: Strasburg, PA (4)

About the Author

Frank Giacobbe — Co-founder of N Scale Limited, Frank has been building models since childhood and modeling in N scale since 2oo3. He is the former author of the blog, N Scale Modeling and a member of the Riverside Historic Society in Riverside, NJ. Frank has a passion for big city modeling, the 1940s and the Pennsylvania Railroad.