ALCO Century 415 - Original Owners

Original Owners

  • Hamersley Iron in Australia bought the prototype, formerly lettered as ALCO 415. The locomotive was equipped with a medium height cab and AAR 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. (Both the Columbia and Cowlitz and the Chehalis Western are Weyerhaeuser properties)
  • Monongahela Connecting Railroad bought a single low cab unit with Hi-Ad trucks.
  • Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad bought ten medium cab units with AAR Type B trucks.
  • Southern Pacific Railroad bought ten high cab units with AAR Type B trucks.
  • Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway bought two medium cab units with Hi-Ad trucks; these were passed to the Burlington Northern Railroad after a merger between the two railroads.

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