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ALCO Century 415 - Wikipedia

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ALCO Century 415

Rock Island No. 415 in 1972

Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Model	Century 415
Build date	1966–1968
Total produced	26

Specifications
Configuration:
• AAR	B-B
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Prime mover	Alco 251-F
Engine type	Turbocharged four-stroke diesel
Cylinders	8

Performance figures
Power output	1,500 hp (1,100 kW)

The ALCO Century 415 is a diesel-electric locomotive of B-B wheel arrangement produced by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) as part of their Century Series of locomotives.

Specifications

The C415 is a large switcher locomotive or small road switcher locomotive 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 1,500 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 Type B standard road trucks or ALCO Hi-Ad (high adhesion) Type B trucks.^[1]

Service history

The locomotive was not very popular; 26 were built between 1966 and 1968 for seven different owners. The locomotive may still be in use. According to the November 2011 issue of Railfan & Railroad magazine, the Burlington Junction Railway owned three C415s numbered 21, 701 and 702.^[2]

Original owners

Hamersley Iron in Western Australia bought the prototype in May 1968, formerly lettered as ALCO 415. The locomotive was equipped with a medium height cab and AAR Type B trucks.^[3]^[4]
Chehalis Western Railroad bought a single high cab unit with Hi-Ad trucks.^[3]
Columbia and Cowlitz Railway bought a single high cab unit with Hi-Ad trucks. (Both the Columbia and Cowlitz and the Chehalis Western are Weyerhaeuser properties)^[3]
Monongahela Connecting Railroad bought a single low cab unit with Hi-Ad trucks.^[3]
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad bought ten medium cab units with AAR Type B trucks.^[3]
Southern Pacific Railroad bought ten high cab units with Type B road trucks.^[3]
Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway bought two medium cab units with Hi-Ad trucks; these were passed to the Burlington Northern Railroad, 4010-4011 after a merger between the two railroads. More units were on order when Alco ended locomotive production in 1969.^[3]

Preservation

Southern Pacific Railroad 2406 is in Monterrey, Mexico, lettered as Fundidora Monterrey Steel 25.^[5]
Hamersley Iron 1000, formerly Alco Demonstrator 415 is at the Pilbara Railways Historical Society in Western Australia.^[5]^[6]
Monongahela Connecting Railroad 701 is at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.^[5]
Chehalis Western Railroad 684 is at Fife History Museum and Cultural Center in Fife, Washington.^[7]
Buffalo Southern Railroad 423, formerly Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad 423 is at the Buffalo Southern's Hamburg Shops in Hamburg, New York.^[8]

References

^ Tomashek, Charles. "Hi Adhesion Truck". greenbayroute.com. The Green Bay Route. Archived from the original on 14 January 2013. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
^ "Rare Alco Returns to Service in Iowa". Railfan & Railroad. November 2011. p. 24.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Alco's C415 - Original Owners". TrainWeb. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
^ Oberg, Leon (2010). Locomotives of Australia 1850s-2010s. Kenthurst: Rosenberg Publishing. pp. 352–353. ISBN 9781921719011.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Preserved Alco and MLW-built Centuries". The Diesel Shop. 23 November 2006. Archived from the original on 6 May 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
^ Exhibits Pilbara Railway Historical Society
^ "Everyone Loves a Parade". Railfan & Railroad. September 2010. p. 22.
^ "Buffalo Southern Railroad (BSOR) Locomotive Photographic Roster". RR Picture Archives. Retrieved 15 February 2018.

v t e Diesel–electric locomotives built by ALCO
Switchers	ALCO 300 ALCO 600 HH600 HH660 HH900 HH1000 S-1 S-2 S-3 S-4 DL420 S-5 S-6 T-6 SB-8/SSB-9
RS, RSC and RSD series	RS-1 RS-2 RS-3 (RS-3M) RS-11 RS-27 RS-32 RS-36 RSC-1 RSC-2 RSC-3 RSD-1 MRS-1 RSD-4 RSD-5 RSD-7 RSD-12 RSD-15
Cab units	Rebel power car DL-103b DL-105 DL-107 DL-108 DL-109 DL-110 DL-202 DL-203 FA FB PA PB
Century series	C415 C420 C424 C425 C430 C628 C630 C636 C855
Diesel–hydraulics	DH643
Export locomotives	DL560C RSD-39
Unproduced locomotives	C428 C620 C624 C636F C636P C650DH
List of ALCO diesel Locomotives