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Has a GG1 ever been restored to running order?
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Not sure if any of this has had priar mention (Browsed, didn't read everything), but I thought I'd put in my 2 cents <br /> <br />The GG1 that went into union station is sitting in old CR blue paint in a CSX yard in Baltimore deteriorating. <br /> <br />The GG1 4935 at Strasburg ("Ole Rivets" is 4800) was restored in the mid to late eightys by Amtrak and a historical group, and run as a tourist draw to passenger train rides on the NEC for a short while (as I have read) <br /> <br />And finally, to answer the second line in the opening post of this thread, yes. The GG1 in Altoona PA (I think she is 4913), has been transported from yard storage to museum dispay by NS over their mainline a few times. I have photos of her on display on a museum spur connecting to the mainline, and later I myself found her beside an abandoned warehouse in juniata yard about half a mile down the main. <br /> <br />As for restoration to operation, I could see a power car running one on a scenic/tourist railroad, but I doubt any class 1, or Amtrak, would care to have one run on their tracks without some mileage payments for her space and time on their rail.
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