ALCO Century 415

Infobox Locomotive
name=ALCO Century 415
powertype=Diesel-electric
gauge=RailGauge|ussg

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builder=ALCO
buildmodel=Century 415
aarwheels=B-B
poweroutput=1500 hp (1.1 MW)
cylindercount=8
enginetype=ALCO 251-F
totalproduction=26
builddate=1966 – 1968

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

It was a large switcher or small road switcher 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 1500 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 AAR Type B or ALCO Hi-Ad (high adhesion).

The locomotive was not that popular; 26 were built between 1966 and 1968 for seven different owners.

Original purchasers

*Hamersley Iron in Australia bought the prototype, formerly lettered as "ALCO 415". (Medium height cab, Type B trucks)
*Chehalis Western Railroad bought a single high cab unit with Hi-Ad trucks.
*Columbia and Cowlitz Railway bought a single high cab unit with Hi-Ad trucks. (this and Chehalis Western are both Weyerhaeuser (timber company) properties)
*Monongahela Connecting Railroad bought a single low cab unit with Hi-Ad trucks.
*Rock Island Railroad bought ten medium cab units with AAR Type B trucks.
*Southern Pacific Railroad bought ten high cab units with AAR Type B trucks. One of these subsequently passed to Nekoosa Papers.
*Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway bought two medium cab units with Hi-Ad trucks; these passed to the Burlington Northern Railroad after the merger.

References

*Sarberenyi, Robert. " [http://users.inna.net/~jaydeet/c415.htm Alco C415 Original Owners] ".