Penn Central

[Green_Elite_Cab]

take an Amtrak from NYC to Boston with a GG1 on the point,

I've never heard of GG1's on this route, what did they do, go from Penn Station east over the hell's Gate Bridge and up the New Haven?

The GG1s did travel into New Haven territory during the Penn Central years and later, but the wires didn't extend to Boston in the time of the GG1. The New Haven had almost no passenger locomotives by the time of the Penn Central. the New Haven had long retired its electric fleet with the exception of the freight hauling E33s, and a handful of EP5s (classed E40 by Penn Central). These didn't last very long, as they frequently burnt out and the railroads couldn't afford to keep up with them. The last EP5s were turned to freight locomotives and lived out their days between Harrisburg, PA and Northern New Jersey in 1976 . New Haven did have some MU cars, but the Pullman Standard washboards were going down the drain.

Penn Central, and later Amtrak, would run GG1s all the way up to the end of New Haven's electrification.