The Century 424 is a four-

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, diesel-electric locomotive. 183 were built between April 1963 and May 1967. Cataloged as a part of Alco's

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line of locomotives, the C424 was intended to replace the earlier

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model and offered as a lower-priced alternative to the C425.

Montreal Locomotive Works Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) was a Canadian railway locomotive manufacturer that existed under several names from 1883 to 1985, producing both Steam locomotive, steam and diesel locomotives. For many years it was a subsidiary of the American ...

as well not only alco did build the locomotives but mlw built this locomotive as MLW C-424 or 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 *Toledo, Peoria and Western 800 is preserved as Morristown & Erie 18 at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, IL *

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4237 is preserved at the Canadian Railway Museum in Saint-Constant, QC. *

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5204 is preserved by the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society *

4230 is preserved as

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4230 in West Chester, PA *

4213 is preserved as

4213 in West Chester, PA

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