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GG1 to the rescue

By Mitch Horner | February 3, 2026

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A black and photo of trains with catenary wire overhead

Amtrak E60CH 966 on the Washington-bound Murray Hill has become disabled just south of Bowie, Md., on March 26, 1976. Sent out to rescue the one-year-old motor is Penn Central GG1 4885 — a 37-year veteran of the Northeast Corridor. Ray Brubacker photo

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  1. Note that Amtrak GE E60CH #966 was retired in 2004 and subsequently scrapped. Unfortunately, the same fate befell Penn Central GG1 #4885, manufactured in 1939.

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