With the 4877, another GG1 of the Pennsylvania Railroad is ready for use on the LGB layouts. The original sound of this popular electric locomotive was also implemented in this LGB / Aster model. Decoder onboard, doors that can be opened, complete driver's cab equipment and lighting make the GG1 model a very special experience. Two Bühler motors provide the necessary pulling power for the electric locomotive in front of freight or passenger trains on the LGB systems. The LGB range includes the right wagons for this 1st class electric locomotive.
Limited edition: 250 pcs.
As early as 1915, the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) - “The Standard Railroad of the World” - began electrifying some suburban lines around Philadelphia. After Westinghouse introduced a new compact electric motor in 1927 that could be installed between the wheels of a locomotive, electrification of the PRR mainline from Washington, D.C. to New York City was considered in 1931.
However, the first PRR passenger train electric locomotives of the type P-5a did not meet the expectations placed on them. They were not able to pull more than 10 of the heavy all-steel passenger cars. Furthermore, the running properties left a lot to be desired, cracks in the axles led to breakdowns and the end driver's cabs offered locomotive drivers relatively little protection in the event of collisions on level crossings without barriers compared to steam locomotives.
Therefore, two middle driver's cabs were planned for the successor model. Comparisons of a four-coupled 2-D-2 locomotive with a rigid chassis and a locomotive with an articulated 2-Co-Co-2 drive unit showed that the articulated drive ran more smoothly, which then went into series production with the GG1. The streamlined locomotive body was redesigned by the famous industrial designer Raymond Loewy, which led to a classic in locomotive construction. A total of 139 GG1 locomotives were built from 1934 to 1943. An oil-fired steam boiler supplied the train heating, so the GG1 had filler necks for oil (“Fuel Oil”) and water (“Water”).
For many decades, the locomotives with speeds of up to 160 km / h were the hallmark of the Pennsylvania Railroad. After they were initially used primarily in passenger traffic, they could also be observed in freight traffic over the years. The last GG1s were retired in 1983 after they had been in service with the successor companies of the Pennsy - Penn Central, Conrail, Amtrak and New Jersey Transit Authority. Today, 16 of these beautifully designed locomotives have been preserved, but none are in working order.
Technical specifications:
Operating weight: 203 t
Frictional weight: 138 t
Length: 24,232 mm
12 electric motors (2 per drive axle)
Continuous power: 4620 hp
Maximum power: 8,500 hp
Top speed: 160 km / h (144 km / h with freight train transmission)
model
This limited edition locomotive is manufactured by the well-known model manufacturer Aster Hobby (Japan) for Ernst Paul Lehmann Patentwerk. The edition of each of the two models is limited to 250 copies. Special features of this LGB / Aster locomotive are:
- Factory-installed MTS decoder onboard for analog and digital
- Complete interior fittings of the driver's cabs with prototypical handwheels and levers as well as illuminated fittings
- Driver's cab doors and sliding windows that can be opened
- fold-down transitions
- prototypical paintwork and lettering
- two mode switches
- Traction current can be obtained from the tracks or from the overhead line
- two encapsulated gears with seven-pole Bühler motors
- four driven axles
- 12 pantographs
- digital electronic locomotive sound:
- Driving noise
- blower
- Bell and whistle
- braking noise
- Standing noises
- Announcements from the conductor (with multi-train system)
- Volume control
- Remote control of the sound functions (with multi-train system)
- Voltage limiting system
- Interior lighting of the driver's cabs
- lighting that changes in the direction of travel
- 2 multi-purpose sockets with fuse
- Length: 730 mm
- Weight: approx. 8000 g
