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The ALCO Century 420 is a diesel-electric locomotive built between June 1963 and August 1968 with a total of 131 examples constructed by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO). Categorized as a model of ALCO's Century Line of diesel locomotives.

Regarding technical specifications, the C denoted that it was a member of the ALCO Century Line, 4 denoted four axles and 20 denoted that it could deliver 2,000 hp (1,491 kW).

Buyers[]

Company Quantity
Erie Mining 3
Ferrocarril del Sureste 2
Lehigh & Hudson River Railway 9
Lehigh Valley Railroad 12
Long Island Rail Road 30
Louisville & Nashville Railroad 16
Monon Railroad 18
Mississippi Export Railroad 1
New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad 1
Norfolk & Western Railroad 8
Piedmont and Northern Railway 2
Seaboard Air Line Railroad 27
Tennessee Central Railway 2

Since 2005, roughly 30% of C420 production models remain in existence. All units ordered by Mississippi Export, New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad ("Nickel Plate"), and Piedmont & Northern Railway have been scrapped.

The two units delivered to the Piedmont & Northern were the first of the Phase II units.

Preservation[]

  • Lehigh Valley Railroad 405 is currently operating in Scranton, Pennsylvania, as Delaware Lackawanna Railroad 405.
  • Lehigh Valley Railroad 408 is at the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) as VLIX 2064.
  • Lehigh Valley Railroad 414 is on the Delaware Lackawanna Railroad (Scranton, Pennsylvania).
  • Long Island Rail Road 220 is at the Yucatan RR Museum as NdeM 220.
  • Louisville & Nashville Railroad 1310 is at the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum (Oak Ridge, Tennessee).
  • Louisville & Nashville Railroad 1315 is at the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum (Oak Ridge, Tennessee).
  • NdeM 5700 is at the Yucatan RR Museum.
  • Seaboard Air Line Railroad 124 is at the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad (Independence, Ohio) as their 365.
  • Long Island Rail Road 213 is active on the Dakota Southern RR DS paint scheme, same number Mitchell, South Dakota
  • Livonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad ex-DCLR, ESHR, VAMD, LIRR 200, currently in operation.

Gallery[]

List of ALCO Century Locomotives
Production Models: 420424628425855630630M430415636643DH
Never-Built: 624620428636P636F650DH
Extinct: 855643DH
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