My father and I saw one of these all die cast GG-1s at a Greenberg's Train Show in the old Philly Convention Center. It was around 1993 or 1994. For my Dad and I, it has always been a story of "The one that got away". I am certain everyone has one of these stories.
We saw it setting on one of the tables at the front of the hall. It was impressive and heavy. It had brass gears and looked sturdy. Some of the castings were a little rough. We liked it. I think they were asking $300-400 for it. At the time it was expensive for our collection. Not it seems almost cheep. We decided to pass on it because the day was early and we didn't want to spend the budget too early. Later that day we wanted to look again at the GG-1 and buy it. It was gone.
Ever since we keep an eye out for a die cast GG-1 as we walk the shows doing the "Train Show Shuffle" scanning the tables. I have only seen 1 since, at York and it was in poor shape. We still talk about those engines we should have bought.
