Английская Википедия:ALCO Century 415
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The ALCO Century 415 was 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 was 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 Шаблон:Convert 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 road trucks or ALCO Hi-Ad (high adhesion).
Service history
The locomotive was not very popular; 26 were built between 1966 and 1968 for seven different owners. The locomotive is still in use today. According to the November 2011 issue of Railfan & Railroad magazine, the Burlington Junction Railway now owns three C415s numbered 21, 701 and 702.[1]
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.[2][3]
- Chehalis Western Railroad bought a single high cab unit with Hi-Ad trucks.[2]
- 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)[2]
- Monongahela Connecting Railroad bought a single low cab unit with Hi-Ad trucks.[2]
- Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad bought ten medium cab units with AAR Type B trucks.[2]
- Southern Pacific Railroad bought ten high cab units with Type B road trucks.[2]
- 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.[2]
Preservation
- Southern Pacific Railroad 2406 is in Monterrey, Mexico, lettered as Fundidora Monterrey Steel 25.[4]
- Hamersley Iron 1000, formerly Alco Demonstrator 415 is at the Pilbara Railways Historical Society in Western Australia.[4][5]
- Monongahela Connecting Railroad 701 is at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.[4]
- Chehalis Western Railroad 684 is at Fife History Museum.[6]
- Buffalo Southern Railroad 423, formerly Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad 423 is at the Buffalo Southern's Hamburg Shops in Hamburg, New York.[7]
See also
References
Further reading
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 2,4 2,5 2,6 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Exhibits Pilbara Railway Historical Society
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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