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I got up in one of these beasts up in Harrisburg, PA in the mid 70's , we did a bit of switching in the terminal station . It was very tight in the cab and hot as heck. Good memories tho' !!

id love to see a gg1 run again. tho i dont believe ill ever get the opportunity to

You can just about taste the lead paint just watching this.

Like a submarine

that thing is terrifying

Hope you worn a mask. They are filled with asbestos and PCB.

Nice!

What a terrible setup! You couldn't even see anything out the window!

The don't look very pleasant and awful visibility with those small port hole windows

High tech of the time, now rusting in peace

Ive seen so many of these, Ive always wondered what they looked like from the inside

You do realize that theres aspestus in there so your in danger

Should have opened the door on the fireman's side to show the three levers for the traction motor circuits.

I hope these don't turn into paper weights like the jlc gg1.

A GG1 was most definitely not a friend to a tall guy or fat guy.

Shame it's just rotting away

what was the road number?

That thing makes me feel claustrophobic.

I rode in the cab of the last GG1 ever to operate in service. It was in service for N. J. Transit. It was tight, cramped and surprisingly quite noisy. I have photos of me in the cab, but no way to post them here. We were going over 90mph.

NY state fairgrounds, so AMTK 926 formerly PRR 4933? (looked at the NY State fairgrounds on Google Maps, the GG1 is VERY visible, the 3d model created shows the G and its numbers very clearly :D )

The GG1 is my favorite electric locomotive, saw a few in Sunnyside Yard in Queens N.Y. when I was a kid,,,so sad they are gone

Those are nice porcelain signs......

Did I see that thing in a Buck Rogers serial?

Thanks, for this. As a child in the mid-70’s, I used to watch a GG1 pull the Broadway-Limited between NYC and Harrisburg, getting a good look at it from from only a few feet away during the station stop in Paoli, PA. I always wondered what the inside of the cab looked like.

I wouldn't set foot in one of these things after seeing this video and the EXPOSED ASBESTOS through out, without a mask.

Fireworks

Could you imagine being to over weight and getting stuck in here 😏

Many years ago a railfan friend and I had a short ride in a GG-1 at Perryville, MD. The engineer had to do a switching move and invited the both of us up into the cab. I didn't remember what the cab interior looked like from back then (early '70s), so this video was pretty much new to me. The engineer said they were hot in the summer and cold in the winter.

Interesting to see it inside. Thank you for the video!

Probably lead paint

Lots of interesting stuff in there. Would love to see a video of an experienced/knowledgeable GG1 person do a walk around tutorial and explanation.

I would love to be the one who could obtain all the paint, brushes, stencils and anything else it would take to make the interior of the cab resemble what it looked like back in the day and clean the cab up on a piece or railroad history

Wow!! Work in that cab on a hot summer day or a bitter cold winter day. That must have been an experience.

Gotta admit I love the T1 but the GG-1 is such an amazing looking electric locomotive

You people have a major project just to cosmetically restore the locomotive. Asbestos and lead abatement is a major project. Before even thinking about the repainting.

Where is this

Now that so even more of a reason to not restore one to operation I mean if they could I would Restore it and run it on the NEC

Is that a Geiger counter I hear? Cool vid 👍🏻

Elon Musk needs to get some all electric telsa type beat energy going in these GG1's man, I'd love to see them run again.

What number is on this locomotive

Wouldn't it be nice if they could find a way around the PCB problem and frame cracking issue also is this old rivited

Where was this filmed?

Would be nice to see one restored and back in operation. That is assuming there's somewhere with the correct voltage and frequency on the the overhead wiring.

I never cared much for the GG1s, and even less since I saw the inside. Glad I never had to run any. All Diesel- Electric down here in SE Louisiana, except for the New Orleans Street Cars. They are electric.

You need to slow down the panning of the camera.

All that peeling paint is probably a lead based paint.

Good morning from SE Louisiana 3 May 21.

I got to walk around in a PRR GG-1 at the PRR museum in Lancaster. It was awesome. As an operating engineer, I really appreciated the opportunity.

OMG!!!! I haven't seen the inside of a GG1 since 1973. Pretty glamorous huh? They were pretty much just as filthy back then. And LOUD? OMG again. Couldn't hear crap at operating speed. All they were good for was pulling and that they did very well.

Yes GG one I’ve visited it in the Pennsylvania railroad beautiful absolutely gorgeous.