These were Government of Canada cars GG1 and GG2 (GG = Governor General). GG1 is the car with the platform; GG2 is a sleeper. They were Hawker Siddeley Canada cars, similar to CN's Tempo …

Here's the asbestos removal house for the Ford Museum's newly acquired GG1. I've read that some of the residents of Cooperstown Jct weren't too happy to find out that the GG1s that have been sitting …

The maximum for GG1 freights was 90mph. Some folks confuse the overhead catenary voltage with traction locomotive voltage, and are tempted to compare systems by volts alone.

The last GG1 to operate was on NJT in 1983, and I think over a year or even two had passed since Amtrak had operated the GG1's. I forget which rail historic society it was, or perhaps it was through …

PRR GG1 4846 was damaged in a wreck in the mid-1960's, and instead of rebuilding it, the PRR cut it down and turned the less damaged half into a snowblower that was used at the electric shops at …

A lucky hogger backing Penn Central GG1 4903 on to Amtrak's late National Limited at Harrisburg, PA on June 11, 1972. I wonder if he thought the G was just an old piece of junk? Look at all the …

Seing triple GG1 before freight train was not unusual (but not frequentl) either. The only triple headed passenger I recall was a NJDOT train with three GG1 going north at Waverly 5.

Pictures from a trip to South Amboy NJ in August of 1977. Image one - Nearly 40 years ago, while a 15-year-old pup, I got up early one morning and went into work with my dad. He dropped me at Penn …

Restored PRR GG1-4935 is on its inaugural run as it departs Baltimore's Penn Station 45 minutes after leaving Union Station in Washington, D.C. Its on the point of the N/B "Murray Hill".

The GG1 would have been on the left-most track under the B&O bridge. The electrified tracks at the upper left corner are the Northeast Corridor (PRR's Magruder Branch to be technical), which diverge …