Preserved Equipment
The Harrisburg Chapter NRHS owns and maintains PRR GG1 electric locomotive #4859 (the very first GG1 to bring a revenue train into Harrisburg in 1938) and PRR N6b wooden caboose (cabin car) #980016. Both of these pieces of restored railroad rolling stock are on permanent display at the platforms of the Harrisburg Transportation Center.
GG1 Electric Locomotive #4859
Photo by “Buck”
GG1 #4859 was built in the Pennsylvania Railroad’s Juniata Locomotive Shop in Altoona, Pennsylvania in 1937. It was the first electric locomotive to arrive in Harrisburg in 1938. Click here to view the fact sheet.
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N6b Wooden Caboose (Cabin Car) #980016
Photo by “Buck”
N6b #980016 is a Pennsylvania Railroad wooden offset-cupola caboose (cabin car) that was built in June of 1920. Click here to view the fact sheet.
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2014-2015 Temporary Relocation
Due to Amtrak-related construction at the Harrisburg Transportation Center, both the GG1 and N6b were moved to temporary storage on a track just a few hundred feet from the station. The move was executed by Amtrak on April 5, 2014. After 15 months of tarp-covered storage, both pieces of equipment were moved back to their permanent home under the station’s trainshed on October 17, 2015.
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