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Has a GG1 ever been restored to running order?

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As Tom said, 4935 looks great in Brunswick Green: <A href="http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=61935">http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=61935</A> Dave   [quote user="Fireflite"]The RR Museum of Pennsylvania has three GG1's in its collection. Number 4935 is on display in the rolling stock hall. The 4935 has had a complete cosmetic restoration to its as-built 1943 appearance, including very shiny coat of Brunswick Green paint with the original 5 gold stripes. It was first restored in 1977, and donated to the museum by Russell Wilcox in 1983. If you think you don't like Brunswick Green, pay this motor a visit and it'll make you a believer. (Note that an electric locomotive was a 'motor' to PRR man.) The 4800, the prototype, aka "Old Rivits" is on display in the outside yard. It was owned by the Lancaster Chapter NHRS until donated to the museum in 2000, which explains why the 4935 had dibs in the spot inside. It was the only example with rivited rather than welded body, hence the nickname. I believe this engine is still wearing Tuscan Red with five stripes (somewhat faded now). I think most fans like this paint scheme best, though only 10 units ever wore it, and the 4800 wasn't one of them. Interestingly, this engine one of group re-geared for freight service. It went to PC, then Conrail, and wore both a unique Bicentennial scheme and Conrail Blue. The museum's third GG1 is 4859, currently on display in the Amtrak station in Lancaster, PA. Read more at http://www.rrmuseumpa.org/about/roster/gg1.htm. The 4877 was last operated by NJ Transit and was restored to Tuscan Red a few years before its retirement. Its now owned by the United Railway Historical Society, and is in storage in NJ Transit's Hoboken yard. Another unit is on display next to the fairgrounds in Syracuse, NY, and last I knew there was one at the National Railway Museum in St Louis. Tom[/quote]
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