Pennsylvania Railroad 4800

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• AAR	2-C+C-2
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Driver dia.	57 in (1,448 mm)
Wheelbase	13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
Length	79 ft 6 in (24.23 m)
Width	10 ft 4 in (3.15 m)
Height	16 ft 0 in (4.88 m) over locked-down pantograph]]
Adhesive weight	303,000 lb (137,000 kg)
Loco weight	475,000 lb (215,000 kg)
Electric system/s	11,000 V AC, 25 Hz Overhead
Current pickup(s)	Dual pantographs

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	Baldwin Locomotive Works, General Electric
Serial number	GE 11646
Build date	August 1934

Pennsylvania Railroad 4800
Pennsylvania Railroad 4800
	4800 at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in June 2010
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	Baldwin Locomotive Works, General Electric
Serial number	GE 11646
Build date	August 1934
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• AAR	2-C+C-2
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Driver dia.	57 in (1,448 mm)
Wheelbase	13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
Length	79 ft 6 in (24.23 m)
Width	10 ft 4 in (3.15 m)
Height	16 ft 0 in (4.88 m) over locked-down pantograph]]
Adhesive weight	303,000 lb (137,000 kg)
Loco weight	475,000 lb (215,000 kg)
Electric system/s	11,000 V AC, 25 Hz Overhead
Current pickup(s)	Dual pantographs
Maximum speed
Performance figures
Maximum speed	100 mph (160 km/h)
Power output	Continuous: 4,620 hp (3,450 kW)
Operators
Career
Operators	Pennsylvania Railroad, Penn Central, Conrail
Class	GG1
Nicknames	"Old Rivets"
Retired	October 1979
Restored	November 20, 1982 (cosmetically)
Current owner	Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Disposition	On static display
Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark
Official name	Penn. RR GG1 Electric; Locomotive #4800
Designated	April 23, 1983
Reference no.	83

Pennsylvania Railroad 4800, nicknamed "Old Rivets", is a GG1-class electric locomotive located at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, outside of Strasburg, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is the prototype GG1 and was originally numbered 4899. Built by General Electric in 1934, the locomotive competed against a prototype, the R1, built by rival company Westinghouse. 4800 was kept in service by the Pennsylvania Railroad and its successors, Penn Central and Conrail, until 1979. It was sold the next year to a local chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. 4800 was dedicated in 1982 at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania and was designated a Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark in 1983.

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