The Century 424 was a four-axle, 2,400 hp (1,790 kW) 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.
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Original owners
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Locomotives built by Alco
edit| 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 4240–4246. |
| Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway | 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. |
| 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 units due to the controls being labelled in Spanish. |
| Total | 98 |
Locomotives built by MLW
edit| Owner | Quantity | Numbers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian National Railway | 41 | 3200–3240 | |
| Canadian Pacific Railway | 51 | 8300, 4201–4250 | 8300 renumbered 4200. 4241 to Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railway |
| Total | 92 |
Preservation
edit- Toledo, Peoria and Western 801 is preserved as Morristown & Erie 19 by the Tri-State Railway Historical Society and in storage in Boonton, NJ[1]
- Toledo, Peoria and Western 800 is preserved as Morristown & Erie 18 at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, IL[2]
- Canadian Pacific 4237 is preserved at the Canadian Railway Museum in Saint-Constant, QC.[3]
- Reading 5204 is preserved by the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society[4]
- Canadian Pacific 4230 is preserved as West Chester Railroad 4230 in West Chester, PA
- Canadian Pacific 4213 is preserved as West Chester Railroad 4213 in West Chester, PA
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "M&E C424 LOCOMOTIVE #19". Tri-State Railway Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2017-06-10. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- ^ "Save the 800 - Illinois Railway Museum". Archived from the original on 2020-08-06. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- ^ "Exporail Collections". Exporail. Archived from the original on 2017-04-20. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- ^ "RCT&HS Roster-Locomotives". Reading Company Technical & Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2003-04-25. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to ALCO C424 locomotives.
- Sarberenyi, Robert. Alco C424 Original Owners.
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