ALCO Century 420

The ALCO Century 420 is a diesel-electric locomotive built between June 1963 and August 1968 with a total of 131 examples constructed by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO). Categorized as a model of ALCO's Century Line of diesel locomotives.
Regarding technical specifications, the C denoted that it was a member of the ALCO Century Line, 4 denoted four axles and 20 denoted that it could deliver 2,000 hp (1,491 kW).
==Buyers==
Company 	Quantity
Erie Mining 	3
Ferrocarril del Sureste 	2
Lehigh & 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
Since 2005, roughly 30% of C420 production models remain in existence. 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 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.
*Long Island Rail Road 213 is active on the Dakota Southern RR DS paint scheme, same number Mitchell, South Dakota
*Livonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad ex-DCLR, ESHR, VAMD, LIRR 200, currently in operation.
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