ALCO Century 420

ALCO Century 420
Arkansas and Missouri Railroad 68, an ALCO C420

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.

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