ALCO Century 424 explained

Century 424
Powertype:Diesel-electric
Builder:Alco Products
Montreal Locomotive Works
Buildmodel:Century 424
Aarwheels:B-B
Primemover:Alco 16-251B
Poweroutput:2400hp
Totalproduction:190
Builddate:April 1963  - May 1967
Locale:North America

The Century 424 was a four-axle, 2400hp diesel-electric locomotive. 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

OwnerQuantityNumbersNotes
6 600–605 At least one (#603) now Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad
15 2401–2415
Erie Mining Company 1 500
45 8100-8144
4 311–314
1 2415 rebuilt from RS27 demonstrator 640-1
10 5201–5210
7 300–306 To Burlington Northern 4240–4246.
2 800–801 Later sold to the Morristown & Erie Railway as #18 and 19. #19 preserved by Tri-State Railway Historical Society. #18 preserved by the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, IL.
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 units due to the controls being labelled in Spanish.
Total 98

Locomotives built by MLW

OwnerQuantityNumbersNotes
41 3200–3240
51 8300, 4201–4250 8300 renumbered 4200. 4241 to Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railway
Total 92

Preservation

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: M&E C424 LOCOMOTIVE #19. live. June 16, 2021. Tri-State Railway Historical Society. https://web.archive.org/web/20170610151220/http://www.tristaterail.org/me19 . 2017-06-10 .
  2. Web site: Save the 800 - Illinois Railway Museum. live. June 16, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20200806124100/https://www.irm.org/tpw800/ . 2020-08-06 .
  3. Web site: Exporail Collections. live. June 16, 2021. Exporail. https://web.archive.org/web/20170420134306/http://collections.exporail.org:80/emfc/ . 2017-04-20 .
  4. Web site: RCT&HS Roster-Locomotives. live. June 16, 2021. Reading Company Technical & Historical Society. https://web.archive.org/web/20030425174441/http://www.readingrailroad.org:80/roster/roster_loco_5204.html . 2003-04-25 .