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Owner: Great Northern
Model:GE BoxcabBuilt As:GN 5011 (Boxcab)
Serial Number:10161Order No:S-1558
Frame Number:Alco c/n 67023Built:4/1927
Notes:GN Class Y-1a; 1-C+C-1; Streamlined Version, sold 08/56 to PRR
Other locos with this serial:  GN 5011(Boxcab)
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GN 5011, Y-1a, 1957
Title:  GN 5011, Y-1a, 1957
Description:  Here is the front side of a "Vanishing Vistas" portrait that was published by Lyman E. Cox in 1972. Photo by Stan Kistler. Shown here is Great Northern Railroad engine #5011, a Y-1a (1-C+C-1) electric built by the American Locomotive Company in October of 1927, rated at 3,300 horsepower, and sold to the Pennsylvania Railroad for parts in August of 1956.
Photo Date:  7/5/1957  Upload Date: 11/2/2023 7:09:31 AM
Location:  Berne, WA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  GN 5011(Boxcab)
Views:  119   Comments: 0
GN 5011, Y-1a, 1957
Title:  GN 5011, Y-1a, 1957
Description:  Here is the back side of a "Vanishing Vistas" portrait that was published by Lyman E. Cox in 1972. The text by Robert A. Le Massena sketches the history and development of the Great Northern Railroad's "Y" Class (1-C+C-1) electric locomotives.
Photo Date:  7/5/1957  Upload Date: 11/2/2023 7:11:27 AM
Location:  Berne, WA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  GN 5011(Boxcab)
Views:  92   Comments: 0
Pennsys "New" FF-2 Electrics, Page 48, 1958
Title:  Pennsys "New" FF-2 Electrics, Page 48, 1958
Description:  Here is page four of a five-page cover article by Frederick Westing entitled "What's New Under Pennsy Pantographs." It was published originally in the June 1958 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 48. Middle Photo Caption: "Dandied up for streamliner service after World War II, No. 5011 got Electro-Motive snouts. Pennsy was apparently unimpressed, purchased the locomotive for parts only. Shown here is Great Northern engine #5011, a Y-1a (1-C+C-1) electric built by the American Locomotive Company in October of 1927, rated at 3,300 horsepower, and sold to the Pennsylvania Railroad for parts in August of 1956.
Photo Date:  6/1/1958  Upload Date: 9/6/2022 2:13:16 PM
Location:  Berne, WA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives:  GN 5011(Boxcab)
Views:  140   Comments: 0


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