GG1 name
I have a Trix model of GG1 4935 and my question is; how did it get the nickname Black Jack? Also I have been trying to remap the decoder (factory installed) with absolutely no luck, can anyone help....
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CharlesAround 1977 Howard Serig formed a group call "FOGG", Friends of the GG1 to raise funds to try and get an Amtrak GG1 with an unmodified carbody repainted into the PRR 5-stripe scheme.The 4935...
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Rick,Thanks for the info. I knew about the repaint and am glad that it was saved in such an excellent condition, too bad the G at Altoona isn't in the same shape. I grew up on the south end of the...
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Charles:Glad I could help. In Feb. 1958 we took the ACL East Coast Champion from the REAL Penn Station in NYC to Miami. On the return trip, we began to encounter snow south of DC. By the time the...
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Charles,I believe it was an inside joke that Bernie Paul at AHM realized that the sum of the numbers 4-9-3-5 equaled 21, or blackjack as in the card game.Dave in Baton Rouge
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When 4935 was running in regular service in the "heritage scheme" I frequently heard her called "Blackjack" so the term was common in the rail fan community, and several folks indicated that this had...
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I was working for Amtrak when 4935 was repainted, and rode her numerous times between Penn Station and Stamford,CT. Not once did I ever hear the engine referred to as "Blackjack" by engine crews. The...
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Thanks to all for the info. The numbers adding up to 21 makes sense to me. Now if only someone had an answer to my second question. Charles
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Charles: I'm strictly an analog modeler; can't help with part II of your question. Rick
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Charles. Do you know who made the decoder for Trix? This can be read in CV8. Then the 2 or 3 digit number can be cross checked with the DCC manufacture found here....
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Pete #8545 The decoder is the stock one that came with the engine. When I used Digipro it didn't break down to the specific decoder and when I try to get the remapping page it won't come up. That's...
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