GG1 An American Classic 2of4

[gmsd70mac]

yep on that!!!  you cant temporary overload a hhp8 or a meatball to get your train moving!!!

[MrCagivaman]

The Swiss Crocodiles were still operating when this was made. So the large driving wheels story is wrong.

[ma7799]

@MrCagivaman

Swiss Crocodiles?

[MrCagivaman]

@ma7799 Check out swiss crocodile locomotive here and now on You Tube

[sonofjabba]

You know they would be brutal on the Concrete ties. The modern concrete ties couldn't handle an E-60 Which like the GG1 although the E-60 is UGLY, they both were VERY heavy. I think the AEM7's Swedish Meatballs. even as utilitarian built they are lighter and have far better power to weight than the old monsters.

[amtraklover]

wow a clip of 3985 when it still burned coal lol

[cybertrain92]

is there any way to download that song? I cant find it on the web anywhere.

[AlcoholicSemenStain]

I'm a vampire.

[likitty20]

@AlcoholicSemenStain if you are, bite me

[warszawianka]

I'll take a GG-1 over an HHP-8 or a Swedish Meatball any day.

[turbo1431]

@warszawianka

spoken like a true railroader

[nukinfuts1000]

@warszawianka Same I hate those "flying toasters" fro Amtrak

[KMSalex]

jersey central clock tower at 5:15

[andybowe]

is this avabile on DVD? this is just classic wow one of the best locomotives ever built

[OKRAFIRE]

never realised how quick they were

5/5

[drfate234]

I remember the GG-1's running the connecting RR behind Farmers Oval

playground in Ridgewood Queens in the 1960's, they always made an everlasting impression on me, thanks for these videos.

[towringer]

At 5:30

She's pulled long & regal trains and had her share of lore.

The Broadway, The Crescent, The Silver Meteor. They're a part of this great land, they're a lasting legend. Racing down the mainline with the 4877.

BTW, the stone arch bridge at 5:14 is in Elizabeth, NJ. The clock tower in the background (Elizabeth train station) is now restored.

[towringer]

Famous folks have rode behind her--Plain ones done it, too.There's congressmen & presidents--She got them all through. When Navy's played Army, her trains brought quite a few, But everywhere she goes is great when she takes me & you.

Ol' Big Red--Speeding up & down the line.

Ol' Big Red--Gets her people there on time.

She's a mighty GG1--my favorite, you see.

Her 50 years of service won a place in history.

[157RANDOM]

@towringer wuts the name of that song

[towringer]

@157RANDOM The song's name is Old Big Red.

[157RANDOM]

@towringer thanks

[157RANDOM]

@towringer who sings it

[towringer]

@157RANDOM According to the end credits on the last part, the vocalist was Altha Lynn Cook.

[generationll]

That FDR at  0:15

[BigRichMann]

"...en engineers engine?!? The last former GG-1 engineer i talked to (who works Amtrak) said they sucked to see out of, the seats (if you could call them that) were hard as he plywood they were made out of etc. He had nothing good to say about it... I love the engine but tell the truth!..

[A1l2l2e2n4]

@BigRichMann

Well, that particular engineer thought the GG-1 was "an engineer's engine".

[ma7799]

The large driver wheels were the characteristic that first attracted me to the GG1 as a toddler.

[lorimersnd]

sweet! Love the G!

[wrailfan]

Beautiful!