Kato GG-1s

Shhhh! She doesn't know yet.

 

The devil in me wants to create a new account posing at your wife and post:
"I do now ..."
But, just thinking about it is enough...

 

You cheated!

 

I just called Kato USA and they told me the GG1 has a single motor.

 

Can't do Conrail bicentennial or blue shemes though, that was prototype unit 4800 with riveted body.

 

I saw this poor specimen parked up in sidings at the b&o museum last year, breaks my heart but least shes saved

gg1_baltimore.jpg :: A GG1 RUSTS AT BALTIMORE MD @ Fotopic.Net

paul

 

Ouch, that is in bad shape.

Here's one in just a bit better condition. This one is far from home. It's at the "Age of Steam" museum in Dallas, TX. It's hard to get a good overall shot with all the stuff they have crammed in there. But at least they have this particular item in acceptable condition.



Rgards

Ed
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Whats the story with the big radiators or vents on some GG1's .? Did they all get them at some time , or loose them at some time ? Different version ?

 

Hi Guys,

Not scale specific... here are some interior and exterior GG1 shots from the the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, Pennsylvania along with a couple of audio clips talking about the G.

Ztrains: Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) GG1

John

 

I don't know but I think that they're probably air intakes for cooling. The GG-1's were constructed over a 10 year period so some of the difference probably results from design development during that period.

If you look at photos of the units listed here you'll see them in different positions (high up on the hood and down at the stripe level) and different configuration. On a couple of units they are not obvious. Click on 'picture' under 'Preservation Comments'.
http://www.spikesys.com/GG1/survive.html
The whole site is devoted to GG-1's
http://www.spikesys.com/GG1/

Regards

Ed
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160MPH at half throttle, that's incredible!

 

They are air intakes for the traction motor cooling blowers. When the GG1s were built all of them had the air intakes in the lower position. In 1958 an unusual winter snow storm produced extremely fine ice crystals that were stirred up by the movement of trains. The ice crystals were drawn into the low mounted air intakes. The crystals were so fine that they passed through the linen air filters and then melted inside the traction motors. This shorted out the motors disabling the locomotives.

To alleviate this problem in the future, a modification program was begun to relocate the air intakes to a higher location. A better solution was found when epoxy coatings were developed which totally waterproofed the traction motor windings so only forty GG1s received the relocated intakes.

Bob

 

Bob,

Thanks for the clear explanation.

Ed
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