Reading the comments...
1. Never read the comments.
2. People are dumb!

This turned up on Facebook, so I don't know if it's confirmed or not. . .sadly, in either case, it's only too believable in our current environment.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... ater&ifg=1

The information in the facebook page cited above is inconsistent with the caption of a photo showing the GG1 being washed on the NRHS facebook page;

"June 22 2018: SHE'S A CLEAN(ER) MACHINE. T'was a good day to give the old gal a bath! With the help and cooperation of Amtrak's electrical traction department out of Lancaster, we were able to fully wash and partially wax/buff our 4859 and spruce up the PRR cabin car. 8 Chapter members were there to do the honors on this occasion."

Bob H

" Citation needed" Courtesy XKCD.com

http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2018/07/16-amtrak-historical-society-to-negotiate-on-future-home-of-gg1

Amtrak is planning upgrades to its Harrisburg station and needs the Harrisburg Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society to cooperate in finding a temporary and then new permanent home for Pennsy GG1 No. 4859 and a Pennsy N6B cabin car, or caboose.

AMTRAK IS trying to force the removal of GG-1 #4859 from the Harrisburg station

they told the Harrisburg Chapter NRHS officer that the Chapter needs to get their "junk" out of the station

Let's look closely at what was actually said there:



Now, let's look at what was NOT said:

If 4859 has to be moved from HAR, for at least some period of time, might it be advantageous to bring it temporarily to create a GG1 focused version of "The Great Gathering?" The Great Gathering was an event held at the National Railway Museum ( part of the British Science Museum Group) that reunited the surviving class A4 locomotives. A breif summary of the impacts on museum visitation and corporate partnerships may be found here: https://artsandbusiness.bitc.org.uk/awards-ab/35th-awards/hornby-and-national-railway-museum

Would such an event centered at Strasburg offer enough interest among enthusiasts in terms of creating staged photo events to generate revenue that would benefit both RMPA and the NRHS chapter? Would the event be significant enough to attract sponsorship from one or more model manufacturers?

I'd rather see Henry Ford get their GG1 delivered. Is that thing still in New York?!!
It must be getting close to 10 years now!

Moving a GG1 these days is no small feat. They basically can't roll over the general system (for various reasons, both real and contrived), which makes such a thing very expensive.

It's been done before though, but generally for easier to transport items (like the Streamliners event at Spencer a few years ago).