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GG1 Paint Schemes
These paint schemes represent the major variations of the locomotive's appearance over the course of it's operational life. Colors are approximate. Greens are lighter than the acutual colors to contrast from the black units. Numbers on pictured units are not necessarily approprate.
Early Prototype Scheme
1934 PRR: Dark Green, block pinstriping, small number keystone
1934: 4899/4800 only. (unit changed numbers in this scheme)
Developed by the PRR, this scheme predates the Loewy design. A similar design was used on the R1 experimental.
Late Prototype Scheme
1935 PRR: Dark Green, Wide 5 gold pinstripes and gold sans-serif Futura lettering, small number keystone
4800 only, through at least 1937
First to be based on the Loewy design, but would later be refined on production units.
Loewy Scheme
1935 PRR: Dark Green, 5 gold pinstripes and gold sans-serif Futura lettering, small number keystone
All units at production except 4800, 4800 sometime after 1937.
The scheme as Loewy envisioned it.
Feathered Scheme
1937 PRR: Dark Green, 5 gold pinstripes feathered together and gold sans-serif Futura lettering, small number keystone
4829 is only confirmed unit.
This may have been and experimental variation to try to avoid the problems of painting over the intake vents on the locomotive's sides.
Modified Loewy Scheme
1941 PRR: Dark Green, 5 gold pinstripes and gold serif Clarendon lettering, small PRR keystone
Most units
Most fans consider this an improvement on Loewy's conception. Why Pennsy decided to change is unclear. Most other locomotive types did wear serif lettering.
Modified Loewy Scheme in Red
1952 PRR: Tuscan Red, 5 gold pinstripes and gold serif Clarendon lettering, small PRR keystone
1952: 4908-4913
1953: 4876, 4856, 4857 and 4929
These few units were painted to match special red coach consists.
Broadband Scheme
1955 PRR: Dark Green, thick yellow stripe and larger yellow serif Roman lettering, large PRR keystone
4885 followed by most units, including some single stripe tuscan and all single stipe silver.
This was the defacto GG1 scheme for the late 50's and early 60's.
Broadband Scheme in Red
1955 PRR: Tuscan Red, thick yellow stripe and larger yellow serif Roman lettering, large PRR keystone
1955: 4907 and 4916
As before, a few units were repainted to match special red coach consists.
Broadband Scheme - Congressional
1955 PRR: Silver, thick red stripe and larger black serif Roman lettering, large PRR keystone
1955: 4866, 4872 and 4880
A few units were repainted to match the coaches on the Congresional train. This and the green and tuscan broadband schemes used plates to cover over part of the radiatior on the side above the numbers. Three years later some units began to recieve new intakes behind the classification lights and most of those had their old intakes welded over.
Modified Loewy Scheme Holdover
1968 PC: Dark Green, 5 gold pinstripes and gold serif Clarendon lettering, small white PC herald
4801 is only confirmed unit
PC, without money, usually just blanked out the previous owner and painted PC herald on instead. This only surviving five striper was painted over in PC black.
Broadband Scheme Holdover
1968 PC: Dark Green, thick yellow stripe and larger yellow serif Roman lettering, small white PC herald
4840, 4883, 927 (PRR 4934) and presumably 4844 and 929 (PRR 3938) retained this scheme at least into their PC days
Another PC holdover. A few of these units may have also received white numbering as well.
Broadband Scheme Holdover in Red
1968 PC: Tuscan Red, thick yellow stripe and larger yellow serif Roman lettering, small white PC herald
It is doubtful that any Tuscan reds made it into the PC era.
Another PC holdover.
American Railroads Centenial Scheme
1969 PC: Blue, low yellow stripe yellow serif lettering, no herald
4902 only.
This one of a kind scheme celebrates the centenial of the driving of the golden spike in 1869.
Midnight Scheme
ca. 1970 PC: Black, white block or serif lettering and large PC herald
Most units, except those left in dark green
PC's defacto scheme was about as coloful and appealing as the company itself.
Broadband Scheme Holdover
1976 Conrail: Dark Green, single yellow stripe with CR instead of the keystone
4844 is the only unit known to have retained this scheme under Conrail
Conrail's turn to paint over someone else's herald.
Midnight Scheme Holdover
1976 Conrail: Black, white block lettering
Most units as inherited from PC
Another conrail paintover.
Bicentenial Scheme
1976 Conrail: Red sides, blue hoods and Bicentenial markings
4800 only
Another one of kind scheme, this time for the US Bicentenial in 1976.
Conrail Blue Scheme
ca. 1978 Conrail: blue, white curved block text, large CR herald
4800 only known unit
Conrail's defacto scheme, applied to very few locos.
Broadband Scheme Holdover
1971 Amtrak: Dark Green, thick yellow stripe white block lettering
929 at least retained thie PRR scheme into its Amtrak days
Amtrak's turn to paint over a herald.
Midnight Scheme Holdover
1971 Amtrak: Black, white block lettering
Most Amtrak units retained thier PC black
Another Amtrak paintover.
Savings Bond Scheme
?? Amtrak: Black, white block lettering, no Amtrak lettering
Most units retained thier PC black
Yet another one of a kind. Amtrak gets to be a governmental billboard.
Amtrak 1 stripe Scheme
ca. 1975 Amtrak: Silver with red hoods, thick blue stripe, black block lettering
902, 905 (4905), 906 (4906), 909 (4909), 924 (4924), 926 (4926) and 927 (4927)
Amtrak's defacto scheme.
Broadband Scheme Holdover
1981 NJT: Dark Green, thick yellow stripe
4880 and 4883 at least retained this PRR scheme into thier NJT days
NJT had no defacto scheme for the GG1s, but ran them longer than Amtrak or Conrail. They blanked the prior owner and only added some text under the number.
Midnight Scheme Holdover
1981 NJT: Black, white block lettering
4875, 4879, 4881, 4882 and presumably the rest of the NJT units wore PC black
Another NJT repaint.
