ALCO Century 424

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.

Century 424
Type and origin
Power typeDiesel-electric
BuilderAlco Products
Montreal Locomotive Works
ModelCentury 424
Build dateApril 1963 – May 1967
Total produced190
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • AARB-B
Gauge4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Prime moverAlco 16-251B
Performance figures
Power output2,400 hp (1,790 kW)
Career
LocaleNorth America

Original Owners
Reading Railroad ALCO C424 5202 at Rutherford Yard in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1970

Locomotives built by Alco
Owner Quantity Numbers Notes
Belt Railway of Chicago
6
600–605At 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
2415rebuilt from RS27 demonstrator 640-1
Reading Company
10
5201–5210
Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway
7
300–306To Burlington Northern 4240–4241,4243-4246. Then 4240-4241 went to the Canadian Pacific Railway and last but least 4241 went to the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway
2
800–801now 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-B906Originally 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
Total98

Locomotives built by MLW
Owner Quantity Numbers Notes
Canadian National Railway
41
3200–3240
Canadian Pacific Railway
49
8300, 4201–4239 and 4242-42508300 renumbered 4200 also they bought Burlington Northern Railroad

2 424's 4240-4241 and did not renumber them

 Total92

See also


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