05-26-2013, 06:33 PM
Some prototype photos of the above-
Surviving ex Great Northern 44 seat AC&F coach. This one did spend time as a "jersey builder" in the 70s
![[Image: IMG_0896.jpg]](http://i543.photobucket.com/albums/gg445/CAB_IV/Cape%20May%20Seashore%20Lines%20may%205%202013/IMG_0896.jpg)
#4883 is a given as far as GG1s go. It was one of two NJ DOT assigned GG1s with a yellow stripe. The other, 4880, would have been a little tricky to do since it has those "side steps" recessed into the sides. Rather than try to carve a die-cast shell, 4883 offers an excellent alternative.
Not only is it most like the BLI model, but it also had a PRR keystone remaining on its "F" end.
Here it is at South Amboy in 1981. It will be the last "striped" GG1, and will linger on after retirement in a deadline until 1986, and will be one of the last GG1s scrapped.
![[Image: NJT%204883%20South%20Amboy%20engine%20te...051981.jpg]](http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/pictures/70038/NJT%204883%20South%20Amboy%20engine%20terminal%20051981.jpg)
A close up of the nose in june 1979. This is PERFECT, since this is the time I model, and it means I don't have to obscure the keystone with any kind of weathering!
Surviving ex Great Northern 44 seat AC&F coach. This one did spend time as a "jersey builder" in the 70s
![[Image: IMG_0896.jpg]](http://i543.photobucket.com/albums/gg445/CAB_IV/Cape%20May%20Seashore%20Lines%20may%205%202013/IMG_0896.jpg)
#4883 is a given as far as GG1s go. It was one of two NJ DOT assigned GG1s with a yellow stripe. The other, 4880, would have been a little tricky to do since it has those "side steps" recessed into the sides. Rather than try to carve a die-cast shell, 4883 offers an excellent alternative.
Not only is it most like the BLI model, but it also had a PRR keystone remaining on its "F" end.
Here it is at South Amboy in 1981. It will be the last "striped" GG1, and will linger on after retirement in a deadline until 1986, and will be one of the last GG1s scrapped.
![[Image: NJT%204883%20South%20Amboy%20engine%20te...051981.jpg]](http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/pictures/70038/NJT%204883%20South%20Amboy%20engine%20terminal%20051981.jpg)
A close up of the nose in june 1979. This is PERFECT, since this is the time I model, and it means I don't have to obscure the keystone with any kind of weathering!
![[Image: Pennsy%20Keystone%20NJDOT%204883%20Penn%20Sta.jpg]](http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/pictures/70038/Pennsy%20Keystone%20NJDOT%204883%20Penn%20Sta.jpg)
Modeling New Jersey Under the Wire 1978-1979.
![[Image: logosmall.png]](http://i543.photobucket.com/albums/gg445/CAB_IV/Model%20Trains%202013/logosmall.png)