ALCO Century 420
| Company type | Manufacturer |
|---|---|
| Industry | Locomotive manufacturing |
| Headquarters | United States |
| Products | Diesel-electric locomotives |
The ALCO Century 420 is a diesel-electric locomotive featuring four axles, developed by ALCO as a member of its "Century" lineup. Manufactured from June 1963 through August 1968, a total of 131 units were produced to supersede the previous ALCO RS-32 model.
Original owners
| Owner | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Erie Mining | 3 |
| Ferrocarril del Sureste | 2 |
| Lehigh and 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 |
| Total | 131 |
By 2005, approximately 30% of the C420 locomotives were still extant. All units initially acquired by Mississippi Export, New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad (commonly known as "Nickel Plate"), and Piedmont & Northern Railway have been withdrawn from service and dismantled. It is significant that the two Piedmont & Northern locomotives represented ALCO’s first Phase II production batch.
Preservation
- Locomotive number 405 from the Lehigh Valley Railroad is operational in Scranton, Pennsylvania under the Delaware Lackawanna Railroad.
- The Lehigh Valley Railroad unit 408 is maintained at the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, marked as VLIX 2064.
- Number 414 of the Lehigh Valley Railroad remains active on the Delaware Lackawanna Railroad in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
- Long Island Rail Road locomotive 213 functions on the Dakota Southern RR based in Mitchell, South Dakota; it was later sold to A&M and renumbered as 69.
- The Long Island Rail Road unit 220 is preserved at the Yucatan RR Museum under the designation NdeM 220.
- Units 1310 and 1315 from the Louisville & Nashville Railroad are part of the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum collection.
- NdeM unit 5700 is displayed at the Yucatan RR Museum.
- The Seaboard Air Line Railroad locomotive number 124 operates on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad in Independence, Ohio, bearing number 365.
- The former DCLR, ESHR, VAMD, LIRR unit numbered 200 is currently in service on the Livonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad.
- Locomotive number 400 from the Tennessee Central Railway runs on the Apache Railway as unit number 82.
See also
References
- Preserved Alco and MLW-Built Centuries. Accessed August 25, 2009
External links
- Sarberenyi, Robert. Alco C420 Original Owners.
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