ALCO Century 425

The ALCO Century 425 was a diesel-electric locomotive type road switcher, that was built by ALCO for six railroads. In all, a total of 91 examples were built between October 1964 and December 1966.
Categorized as a member of the ALCO Century line of diesel locomotives, the C425 was an upgraded version of the C424. The C425 employed the same main generator found in General Electric's U25B diesel locomotive.
=== Technical Specifications ===
Regarding Technical Specifications, the C denoted that it was a member of the ALCO Century Line, the 4 denoted it had four axles, and the 25 denoted that it could generate 2,500 hp (1,860 kW).
== Original Owners ==
Railroad 	Quantity	Numbers 	Notes
Chicago and North Western Railway 	4 	401–404 	
Erie Lackawanna Railway 	12 	2451–2462 	to BC Rail 801-812
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad	10 	2550–2559 	to Penn Central 2450-2459, then Conrail, same numbers
Norfolk and Western Railway 	18 	1000–1016, 1011 (2nd)	1000–1006 ordered by Wabash Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad 	31 	2416–2446 	
Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway 	16 	310–317, 320–327 	to Burlington Northern 4250, 4252-4265
== Gallery ==
File:EL 2452 (C425) at Hammond, IN on September 17, 1967 with a big wave (26983277033).jpg
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