06-11-2010, 12:59 AM
It's a Beast, isn't it , Gary? 
hock:
It is an Ex-NYC T3 Class electric, primarily used to run passenger service through the tunnels under the Hudson River into New York City. It operated both off the overhead catenary as well as off the third rail. If you look at the wheel arrangement, 2-C-C-2, you will notice the same wheel arrangement and very similar running gear as the PRR's famous GG-1.
![[Image: PCEx-NYCT-346302-C-C-2.jpg]](http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af349/wwmarsland/Prototype%20Railroading/PCEx-NYCT-346302-C-C-2.jpg)
And for that comparison ...
![[Image: PRRGG-14877TuscanatSouthAmboyNJ3.jpg]](http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af349/wwmarsland/Prototype%20Railroading/PRRGG-14877TuscanatSouthAmboyNJ3.jpg)
Of course, being more of a Pennsy fan than a Central fan ... I vote for the GG-1!
Now back to the game ... and y'all have several choices of ways to go now ...
hock: It is an Ex-NYC T3 Class electric, primarily used to run passenger service through the tunnels under the Hudson River into New York City. It operated both off the overhead catenary as well as off the third rail. If you look at the wheel arrangement, 2-C-C-2, you will notice the same wheel arrangement and very similar running gear as the PRR's famous GG-1.
And for that comparison ...
Of course, being more of a Pennsy fan than a Central fan ... I vote for the GG-1!
Now back to the game ... and y'all have several choices of ways to go now ...
biL
Lehigh Susquehanna & WesternÂ
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." ~~Abraham Lincoln
Lehigh Susquehanna & WesternÂ
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." ~~Abraham Lincoln