RailPictures.Net Photo: PRR 4903 Penn Central Altoona Works GG-1 at Metuchen, New Jersey by John Dziobko www.godfatherrails.com

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» Penn Central (more..)
» Altoona Works GG-1 (more..)

» PC Mainline
» Metuchen, New Jersey, USA (more..)
» December, 1968

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» PRR 4903 (more..)
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» John Dziobko www.godfatherrails.com (more..)
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Penn Central 4903, leads an intercity passenger train. 18 months earlier, she pulled the RFK funeral train in her new black dress. Later, #4903 retired and moved to Texas where she is preserved today. Location is believed to be Metuchen, N.J., correction pending.

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Make	Nikon
Model	Nikon COOLSCAN V ED