The ALCO Century 628 is a six-axle, diesel-electric locomotive. A total of 186 C628s were built between December 1963 and December 1968. Of these, 135 were for US railroads, 46 for Mexican railroads, and five for Australia.
The C628 replaced the C624 (DL600C/RSD-41) as a part of ALCO's 'Century' line of locomotives. The C624 was intended to replace the earlier RSD-15 model, but was never built. The C628 was offered instead in August 1963.
Hamersley Iron purchased five to haul iron ore services in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. They were built in Schenectady.https://shop.whiteriverproductions.com/products/tcsa All had been retired by 1982, with one preserved on a plinth in Dampier.
The Southern Pacific purchased the four demonstrators in 1964, and an additional 25 C628s were delivered in 1965.
Original Owners +OwnerQuantityRoad NumbersALCO (Demonstrators)4628-1 - 628-4Atlantic Coast Line112000 - 2010Chihuahua Pacifico (Mexico)4901 - 904Delaware & Hudson18601 - 618Ferrocaril del Pacifico (Mexico)10601 - 610Hammersley Iron (Australia)52000 - 2002, 2004, 2005Lehigh Valley8625 - 632Louisville & Nashville151400 - 1414Monon9400 - 408Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México (Mexico)328300 - 8331Norfolk & Western301100 - 1129Pennsylvania Railroad156300 - 6314Southern Pacific254845 - 4869
Preserved Australia Hammersley Iron #2000 is preserved by the Pilbara Railways Historical Society in Dampier, Western AustraliaExhibits Pilbara Railway Historical Society
North America Delaware & Hudson (D&H) #610 is preserved at the Museo de los Ferrocarriles de Yucatán in Mérida, Yucatán Ferrocarril de Pacifico (FCP) #606 is preserved as Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico (FNM) #606 at the Museo de los Ferrocarriles de Yucatán in Mérida, Yucatán
References
Alco Century 628 Study by Win Cuisnier (Preston Cook) Extra 2200 South Issue #54 Oct-Dec 1975 p. 21. Alco Century (and predecessors) Spec-Profile by Don Dover Extra 2200 South Issue #54 Oct-Dec 1975 p. 22
External links
Sarberenyi, Robert. Alco C628 Original Owners.