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Jan 24, 2013

Sixty Years After Barreling Through Union Station, GG-1 Locomotive Rusts Away in Baltimore

In 1953, a runaway train smashed through the concourse of Union Station. Some 60 years later, it sits on a stretch of track in Baltimore. Here’s the story of Pennsylvania Railroad GG-1 #4876.

 
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