ALCO Century 424
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The Century 424 was a four-axle, 2,400 hp (1,790 kW) diesel-electric locomotive of the road switcher type. 190 were built between April 1963 and May 1967. Cataloged as a part of Alco's Century line of locomotives, the C424 was intended to replace the earlier RS-27 model and offered as a lower-priced alternative to the C425. Montreal Locomotive Works also built this locomotive as MLW Century 424.
Original Owners
Locomotives built by Alco
Owner | Quantity | Numbers | Notes |
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Belt Railway of Chicago | 600–605 | At least one (#603) now Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad | |
Erie Lackawanna Railway | 2401–2415 | ||
Erie Mining Company | 500 | ||
Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México | 8100-8144 | ||
Green Bay and Western Railroad | 311–314 | ||
Pennsylvania Railroad | 2415 | rebuilt from RS27 demonstrator 640-1 | |
Reading Company | 5201–5210 | ||
Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway | 300–306 | To Burlington Northern 4240–4241,4243-4246 | |
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway | 800–801 | now Morristown & Erie Railway #18 and 19. 19 preserved by Tri-State Railway Historical Society. 18 donated to the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, IL. Expected to arrive in 2018 | |
Wabash Railroad | B900-B906 | Originally supposed to be NDM 8100–8106, but the order was canceled and the units were sold to Wabash. They were prohibited from being used as lead unit due to having the controls written in Spanish | |
Total | 98 |
Locomotives built by MLW
Owner | Quantity | Numbers | Notes |
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Canadian National Railway | 3200–3240 | ||
Canadian Pacific Railway | 8300, 4201–4250 | 8300 renumbered 4200 | |
Total | 92 |
See also
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to ALCO C424 locomotives.
- Sarberenyi, Robert. Alco C424 Original Owners.