{"nrhp_refnum":"82003797","name":"Electric Locomotive No. 4859","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"PA 741","address_restricted":false,"city":"Strasburg","county":"Lancaster County","state":"PA","lat":39.98213840400007,"lon":-76.16158673199999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-08-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A streamlined GG1 electric locomotive, No. 4859, built in December 1937 for the Pennsylvania Railroad and later operated by Conrail and Penn Central; the form treats it as a site-type resource in Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is a 79-foot, 200-ton locomotive with a shell designed by industrial designer Raymond Loewy.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the locomotive is one of perhaps two dozen surviving GG1s and the second oldest of them, and that it pulled the first electrically powered revenue passenger train on the Philadelphia-Harrisburg line in January 1938. It also states that the locomotive hauled the last GG1-powered freight train at the close of its career, and that its design by Raymond Loewy is important.","narrative":"Electric locomotive No. 4859 was built in December 1937 for the Pennsylvania Railroad as a GG1 type, with a streamlined shell designed by Raymond Loewy. It weighs 200 tons, is 79 feet 6 inches long, and draws power from overhead catenary through two roof-mounted pantographs. Its double-cab layout was intended to protect crews in collisions. On 15 January 1938 it headed the Metropolitan, the first electrically powered revenue train on the Philadelphia-Harrisburg line, arriving eight minutes ahead of the steam schedule. On its final assignment, it and GG1 No. 4887 pulled the last GG1-hauled freight train, from Enola Yard to Edge Moor Yard on Thanksgiving Day in 1979. The nomination treats its inaugural run as the reason for its listing, and it notes that few GG1s survive.","period_of_significance":"1937","architect_builder":"Pennsylvania Railroad Altoona Shops (builder); Raymond Loewy (designer)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Retired by Conrail in late 1979; the form states that restoration to its original appearance was anticipated and that it was to be displayed at the former Harrisburg station.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:34.118811-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/82003797.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998297","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lancaster-county/electric-locomotive-no-4859-82003797/"}