ALCO Century 424

ALCO Century 424

The ALCO Century 424 was a diesel-electric locomotive that was also a road switcher type locomotive. A total of 190 examples were ever constructed between April 1963 and May 1967. The C424 was intended to replace the earlier RS-27 model and offered as a lower-priced alternative version to its sister class, the C425. Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) had also built this locomotive and designated their design as MLW Century 424.

Technical Specifications

Regarding Technical Specifications, the C denoted that it was part of the ALCO Century Line, the 4 denoted that it had four axles, and the 24 denoted that it could generate a total of 2,400 hp (1,790 kW).

Original Owners

Locomotives built by Alco

Owner	Quantity	Numbers	Notes
Belt Railway of Chicago	6	600–605	At least one (#603) now Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad
Erie Lackawanna Railway	15	2401–2415
Erie Mining Company	1	500
Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México	45	8100-8144
Green Bay and Western Railroad	4	311–314
Pennsylvania Railroad	1	2415	rebuilt from RS27 demonstrator 640-1
Reading Company	10	5201–5210
Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway	7	300–306	To Burlington Northern 4240–4241,4243-4246
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway	2	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	7	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
Canadian National Railway	41	3200–3240
Canadian Pacific Railway	51	8300, 4201–4250	8300 renumbered 4200
Total	92

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