ALCO Century 424

The ALCO Century 424 was a diesel-electric locomotive that was also a road switcher type locomotive. A total of 190 examples were ever constructed between April 1963 and May 1967. The C424 was intended to replace the earlier RS-27 model and offered as a lower-priced alternative version to its sister class, the C425. Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) had also built this locomotive and designated their design as MLW Century 424.
=== Technical Specifications ===
Regarding Technical Specifications, the C denoted that it was part of the ALCO Century Line, the 4 denoted that it had four axles, and the 24 denoted that it could generate a total of 2,400 hp (1,790 kW).
== Original Owners ==
=== Locomotives built by Alco ===
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 4240–4241,4243-4246
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway 	2 	800–801 	now 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-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 unit due to having the controls written in Spanish
Total 	98 	 	
=== Locomotives built by MLW ===
Owner 	Quantity	Numbers 	Notes
Canadian National Railway	41 	3200–3240 	
Canadian Pacific Railway 	51 	8300, 4201–4250	8300 renumbered 4200
Total 	92 	 	
==Gallery==
File:Century 424.jpg
File:Alco c424 4230.JPG
File:CP engine (2996831282).jpg
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