PRR GG1 SONG "Old Big Red" - Cliff Underwood

You've heard a lot of songs of famous trains along the track
But how about the engines that take 'em there and bring 'em back?
This story's 'bout an engine, a GG1 by name
She's ridin' into history, into a hall of fame

She still wears Pennsy colors, Golden stripes and Tuscan Red
Ran for the Pennsylvania, until that line was dead
Penn Central, then Conrail, New Jersey Transit too
Cause my dad's her engineer, her story I'll tell you

Old Big Red, speeding up an down the line
Old Big Red, gets her people there on time
She's a mighty GG1, my favorite you see
Her 50 years of service won a place in history

As she pulls out of the station, and starts her daily run
Old 4 8 7 7, she glistens in the sun
Her bell it rings, her drivers roll, she gently starts to sway
Just give Ol' Red the throttle, she'll resound the right of way

Famous folks have rode behind her, plain ones done it too
There's congressmen and presidents, she got them all through
When navies played armies, her trains brought quite a few
But everywhere she goes it's best when she takes me and you

Old Big Red, speeding up an down the line
Old Big Red, gets her people there on time
She's a mighty GG1, my favorite you see
Her 50 years of service won a place in history

She's pulled long and regal trains and had her share of lore
The Broadway, the Crescent, the Silver Meteor
They're a part of this great land of everlasting legend
Racing down the mainline with the 4 8 7 7

The miles have passed beneath Big Red, believe me she's gone far
She's seen her share of railroad, the tracks could reach a star
She's rode into New York, New Haven, D.C., and Harrisburg
And done it all making the Ton or doin' 90 per

Old Big Red, speeding up an down the line
Old Big Red, gets her people there on time
She's a mighty GG1, my favorite you see
Her 50 years of service won a place in history

When life on Earth is over, and Dad rides that golden rail
He'll have to sign a register, this time he can't fail
When the Master tells him, "Take your train and go ahead"
I know that he'll be right on time and his engine's Old Big Red

Of all of the electrics, the Corridor has seen
From E60s to the Sprinters, back to the Haven's EP-3's
No matter strength or power, there's one important fact
For style, speed, and smoothness, GG1's had no real match

Old Big Red, speeding up an down the line
Old Big Red, gets her people there on time
She's a mighty GG1, my favorite you see
Her 50 years of service won a place in history