Pennsylvania Railroad to Washington D.C. Poster

From www.railphotoexpress.biz; Take the Pennsylvania Railroad to Washington D.C. 1935 Pennsylvania Railroad hourly trains, on the half hour, from Pennsylvania Station New York. Trains are pulled by GG-1 Electric Locomotives south to Baltimore and Washington D.C. The Pennsylvania Railroad's GG1 class of electric locomotives were built between 1934 and 1943 at the PRR shops in Altoona, Pennsylvania, with a total of 139 units constructed. They remained in service with the Pennsylvania Railroad's successors until the early 1980s. The GG1 became one of the most recognised and famous classes of locomotive worldwide. The Pennsylvania Railroad was the largest railroad by traffic and revenue in the US throughout its 20th-century existence and was at one time the largest publicly traded corporation in the world. At its peak, it controlled about 10,000 miles (16,000 km) of rail line. During its history, the PRR merged with or had an interest in at least 800 other rail lines and companies. For many years the President of the Pennsylvania Railroad was considered more powerful than the President of the United States. The budget for the PRR was larger than that of the U.S. government and they employed approximately 250,000 workers.