ALCO Century 420

The ALCO Century 420 was a four-axle, 2000 horsepower (1.5 MW) diesel locomotive of the road switcher type. 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

Since 2005, roughly 30% of C420 production exists. All units ordered by Mississippi State 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.

Phase break down: http://www.calclassic.com/alco/century.htm

Preservation

• Lehigh Valley Railroad 405 is currently operating in Scranton, PA as Delaware Lackawanna Railroad 405.
• Lehigh Valley Railroad 408 is at the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum (Oak Ridge, TN) as VLIX 2064.
• Lehigh Valley Railroad 414 is on the Delaware Lackawanna Railroad (Scranton, PA).
• 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, TN).
• Louisville & Nashville Railroad 1315 is at the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum (Oak Ridge, TN).
• NdeM 5700 is at the Yucatan RR Museum.
• Seaboard Air Line Railroad 124 is at the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad (Independence, OH) as their 365.
• Erie Mining 7221 is currently owned by Amsterdam Leasing Company and stored on the Southern Railroad of New Jersey at Winslow, NJ.
• Long Island Rail Road 213 is active on the Dakota Southern RR DS paint scheme, same number Mitchell, SD

External links

• Sarberenyi, Robert. Alco C420 Original Owners.

References

• Preserved Alco and MLW-Built Centuries. Retrieved on August 25, 2009