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jdunn posted:

Dear Thread List,

To clarify the drive issue, my G has the 2 Pittman motors as a drive which Kohs installed in the first 140 units. The last 10 units were called the "Collector Series" and utilized the more prototype quill drive and the accompanying  12 Swiss motors drive system. According to the Kohs brochure in my GG1 box the price  was $2,800. for the 140 units and $4,000 for the 10 Collector Series units.

Conrailfan- I grew up in the Tacony section of Philadelphia and also went to St.Leo's grade school across from the main line. My love affair with the G goes back to 5 or 6 years old- I am now 62. For the past 2 years I have presented a display of GG1's at our Cherry Valley  2 Rail O scale Holiday open houses to show the different scales - Z to G. - to the public and even though the GG1 has been gone for 36 years, the display has triggered a lot of memories from our visitors.

I do not feel I have enough G's as the Pennsy had 139 of them !!!

I have included a photo of the display of GG1's in different scales.

Ed Rappe- I have only ran my Kohs G once or twice on a straight track and it ran nicely, however like you, I have a Kohs K4 #612

and I dare not put DCC in either pieces. Alas, they will be very expensive shelf queens in my PRR room.

Great topic anytime to talk about my favorite locomotive -the GG1.

John 

Strasburg 04/06/2019

 

 

 

 

I'm kinda partial to the GG1's also. I grew up in Bristol and Levittown Pa. Always seen them running from Morrisville to Philly.  Stood along the tracks in Edgely to watched the Kennedy funeral train.  

I collected two complete sets of all twelve different GG1's that AHM Rivarossi put out. 

 

 

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