{"nrhp_refnum":"04000399","name":"Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 Streamlined Electric Locomotive #4859","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Track 5, Harrisburg Transportation Center Aberdeen St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Harrisburg","county":"Dauphin County","state":"PA","lat":40.27375210200006,"lon":-76.17184767599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-05-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A streamlined electric locomotive, Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 No. 4859, built in December 1937 and displayed under the train shed at the Harrisburg Transportation Center on Aberdeen Street in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the locomotive is significant as a representative of the GG1 class, a fleet that set performance and efficiency standards for American electric locomotives, and as the unit that pulled the first electrically powered revenue train over the Philadelphia-Harrisburg line on January 15, 1938. It is also presented as an important work of industrial designer Raymond Loewy.","narrative":"Built in December 1937, GG1 No. 4859 is a streamlined electric locomotive with a steel body shaped by industrial designer Raymond Loewy. It weighs 200 tons, measures 79 feet 6 inches long, and was rated at 4,620 horsepower, with double cabs placed toward the center to protect crews in collisions. On January 15, 1938, it hauled the first electrically powered revenue train over the Philadelphia-Harrisburg line, arriving eight minutes ahead of the former steam schedule. The engine also pulled the last GG1-hauled freight train, a Thanksgiving Day run from Enola Yard to Edge Moor Yard in 1979. Of the 139 GG1s built, perhaps two dozen survive, and No. 4859 is the second oldest. It is displayed today at the Harrisburg Transportation Center, where it sits in the former Pennsylvania Railroad station.","period_of_significance":"1937-1954","architect_builder":"Loewy, Raymond","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"On public display under the train shed roof at the Harrisburg Transportation Center; interior was found to have PCB contamination and the main transformer was removed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.749497-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/04000399.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000399/c0e274fcd3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000399/c0e274fcd3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Niagara","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PRR_4859_in_Harrisburg.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Niagara</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PRR_4859_in_Harrisburg.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995825","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad_4859","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7120451"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/dauphin-county/pennsylvania-railroad-gg1-streamlined-electric-locomotive-4859-04000399/"}