Century 424
Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder Alco Products Montreal Locomotive Works Model Century 424 Build date April 1963 – May 1967 Total produced 190
Specifications Configuration: ​  • AAR B-B Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Prime mover Alco 16-251B
Performance figures Power output 2,400 hp (1,790 kW)
Career Locale North America

The Century 424 was a four-axle, 2,400 hp (1,790 kW) diesel-electric locomotive. 190 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 this locomotive as MLW Century 424.

Original owners

Locomotives built by Alco

Locomotives built by MLW

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^[1]
• Toledo, Peoria and Western 800 is preserved as Morristown & Erie 18 at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, IL^[2]
• Canadian Pacific 4237 is preserved at the Canadian Railway Museum in Saint-Constant, QC.^[3]
• Reading 5204 is preserved by the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society^[4]
• 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