ALCO Century 415
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| Power type | Diesel-electric |
|---|---|
| Builder | ALCO |
| Model | Century 415 |
| Build date | 1966 – 1968 |
| Total production | 26 |
| AAR wheel arr. | B-B |
| Gauge | 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) |
| Engine type | ALCO 251-F |
| Cylinders | 8 |
| Power output | 1500 hp (1.1 MW) |
The ALCO Century 415 was a diesel locomotive of B-B wheel arrangement produced by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) as part of their Century Series of locomotives.
It was a large switcher or small road switcher equipped with a raised cab mounted slightly off-center, with a lower, narrower hood on either side. The longer one contained the diesel engine, a 1500 hp (1.1 MW) eight-cylinder turbocharged Alco 251-F, while the shorter contained auxiliaries. The C415 could be ordered with three different cab heights; a low one for minimum clearances, a regular height one, and an extra-height one for maximum visibility.
Trucks fitted were either AAR Type B or ALCO Hi-Ad (high adhesion).
The locomotive was not that popular; 26 were built between 1966 and 1968 for seven different owners.
[edit] Original purchasers
- Hamersley Iron in Australia bought the prototype, formerly lettered as ALCO 415. (Medium height cab, Type B trucks)
- Chehalis Western Railroad bought a single high cab unit with Hi-Ad trucks.
- Columbia and Cowlitz Railway bought a single high cab unit with Hi-Ad trucks. (this and Chehalis Western are both Weyerhaeuser (timber company) properties)
- Monongahela Connecting Railroad bought a single low cab unit with Hi-Ad trucks.
- Rock Island Railroad bought ten medium cab units with AAR Type B trucks.
- Southern Pacific Railroad bought ten high cab units with AAR Type B trucks. One of these subsequently passed to Nekoosa Papers.
- Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway bought two medium cab units with Hi-Ad trucks; these passed to the Burlington Northern Railroad after the merger.
[edit] References
- Sarberenyi, Robert. Alco C415 Original Owners.
| Diesel-electric locomotives built by ALCO | |
|---|---|
| Switchers: | HH series, S-1, S-2, S-3, S-4, S-5, S-6, T-6, SB-8/SSB-9 |
| RS series: | RS-1, RS-2, RS-3, RS-11, RS-27, RS-32, RS-36 |
| RSC series: | RSC-2, RSC-3 |
| RSD series: | RSD-1, RSD-4, RSD-5, RSD-7, RSD-12, RSD-15 |
| Cab units: | DL-103b, DL-105, DL-107, DL-109, DL-110, DL-203, FA, FB, PA, PB |
| Century series: | C415, C420, C424, C425, C430, C628, C630, C636, C855 |
| Diesel-hydraulics: | DH643 |
