ALCO Century 420
{{Short description|A 2,000 hp 4 axle diesel locomotive}}
{{Infobox locomotive
| name = ALCO Century 420
| powertype = Diesel-electric
| builder = ALCO
| serialnumber =
| buildmodel = Century 420
| gauge = {{track gauge|ussg|allk=on}}
| image = A&M RR.JPG
| caption = Arkansas and Missouri Railroad 68, an ALCO C420
| aarwheels = B-B
| poweroutput = {{convert|2000|hp|kW|0|abbr=on|lk=on}}
| totalproduction = 131
| builddate = June 1963 – August 1968
}}
The ALCO Century 420 is a four-axle, {{convert|2000|hp|kW|0|lk=on}} diesel-electric locomotive. 131 were built between June 1963 and August 1968. Cataloged as a part of ALCO's "Century" line of locomotives, the C420 was intended to replace the earlier RS-32 model.
Original owners
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! Owner ! Quantity | |
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|Erie Mining |3 | |
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|2 | |
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|Lehigh and Hudson River Railway |9 | |
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|12 | |
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|30 | |
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|Louisville & Nashville Railroad |16 | |
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|18 | |
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|1 | |
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|New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad |1 | |
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|8 | |
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|Piedmont and Northern Railway |2 | |
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|27 | |
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|2 | |
| Total | 131 |
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Since 2005, roughly 30% of C420 production exists. All units ordered by Mississippi Export, New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad ("Nickel Plate"), and Piedmont & Northern Railway have been scrapped.
The two units delivered to the Piedmont & Northern were the first of the Phase II units.
Preservation
- Lehigh Valley Railroad 405 is currently operating in Scranton, Pennsylvania, as Delaware Lackawanna Railroad 405.
- Lehigh Valley Railroad 408 is at the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) as VLIX 2064.
- Lehigh Valley Railroad 414 is on the Delaware Lackawanna Railroad (Scranton, Pennsylvania).
- Long Island Rail Road 213 is active on the Dakota Southern RR DS paint scheme, same number Mitchell, South Dakota. It has since been sold to the A&M and renumbered to 69.
- Long Island Rail Road 220 is at the Yucatan RR Museum as NdeM 220.
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad 1310 is at the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum (Oak Ridge, Tennessee).
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad 1315 is at the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum (Oak Ridge, Tennessee).
- NdeM 5700 is at the Yucatan RR Museum.
- Seaboard Air Line Railroad 124 is at the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad (Independence, Ohio) as their 365.
- Livonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad ex-DCLR, ESHR, VAMD, LIRR 200, currently in operation.
See also
References
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100506141424/http://thedieselshop.us/PRSVDalcoCC.HTML Preserved Alco and MLW-Built Centuries]. Retrieved on August 25, 2009
External links
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- Sarberenyi, Robert. [http://www.trainweb.org/jaydeet/c420.htm Alco C420 Original Owners].
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Category:Diesel–electric locomotives of the United States
Category:Diesel–electric locomotives of Mexico
Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1963
Category:Standard-gauge locomotives of the United States
Category:Standard-gauge locomotives of Mexico
Category:Nickel Plate Road locomotives
Category:Norfolk and Western Railway locomotives
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