The Century 424 is a four-axle, diesel-electric locomotive. 183 were built between April 1963 and May 1967. Cataloged as a part of Alco's Century line of locomotives, the C424 was intended to replace the earlier RS-27 model and offered as a lower-priced alternative to the C425. Montreal Locomotive Works also built some of these locomotives.

Original owners

Locomotives built by ALCO Owner Quantity Numbers Notes Belt Railway of Chicago 6 600–605 At least one (#603) now Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad Erie Lackawanna Railway 15 2401–2415 Erie Mining Company 1 500 Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México 45 8100-8144 Green Bay and Western Railroad 4 311–314 Pennsylvania Railroad 1 2415 rebuilt from RS27 demonstrator 640-1 Reading Company 10 5201–5210 Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway 7 300–306 To Burlington Northern 4240–4246. Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway 2 800–801 Later sold to the Morristown & Erie Railway as #18 and 19. #19 preserved by Tri-State Railway Historical Society. #18 preserved by the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, IL. Wabash Railroad 7 B900-B906 Originally supposed to be NDM 8100–8106, but the order was canceled and the units were sold to Wabash. They were prohibited from being used as lead units due to the controls being labelled in Spanish. Total 98

Locomotives built by MLW Owner Quantity Numbers Notes Canadian National Railway 41 3200–3240 Canadian Pacific Railway 51 8300, 4201–4250 8300 renumbered 4200. 4241 to Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railway Total 92

Preservation Toledo, Peoria and Western 801 is preserved as Morristown & Erie 19 by the Tri-State Railway Historical Society and in storage in Boonton, NJ Toledo, Peoria and Western 800 is preserved as Morristown & Erie 18 at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, IL Canadian Pacific 4237 is preserved at the Canadian Railway Museum in Saint-Constant, QC. Reading 5204 is preserved by the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society Canadian Pacific 4230 is preserved as West Chester Railroad 4230 in West Chester, PA Canadian Pacific 4213 is preserved as West Chester Railroad 4213 in West Chester, PA Belt Railway of Chicago 605 is currently in Austin Steam Train Association yard in Cedar Park, Texas

See also List of ALCO diesel locomotives List of MLW diesel locomotives

References

External links

Sarberenyi, Robert. Alco C424 Original Owners.