ALCO Century 628

The ALCO Century 628 was a six-axle, Template:Convert diesel-electric locomotive. A total of 186 C628s were built between December 1963 and December 1968. There were 135 C628s built for US railroads, 46 C628s built for Mexican railroads, and five C628s for Australia.

The C628 replaced the C624 (DL600C/RSD-41) as a part of ALCO's 'Century' line of locomotives. The C624 was intended to replace the earlier RSD-15 model, but was never built. The C628 was offered instead in August 1963.

Hamersley Iron purchased five to haul iron ore services in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. They were built in Schenectady.<ref>https://shop.whiteriverproductions.com/products/tcsa</ref> All had been retired by 1982, with one preserved on a plinth in Dampier.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

The Southern Pacific purchased the four demonstrators in 1964, and an additional 25 C628s were delivered in 1965.

Original Owners

citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Quantity	Road Numbers
ALCO (Demonstrators)	4	628-1 - 628-4
Atlantic Coast Line	11	2000 - 2010
Chihuahua Pacifico (Mexico)	4	901 - 904
Delaware & Hudson	18	601 - 618
Ferrocaril del Pacifico (Mexico)	10	601 - 610
Hammersley Iron (Australia)	5	2000 - 2002, 2004, 2005
Lehigh Valley	8	625 - 632
Louisville & Nashville	15	1400 - 1414
Monon	9	400 - 408
Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México (Mexico)	32	8300 - 8331
Norfolk & Western	30	1100 - 1129
Pennsylvania Railroad	15	6300 - 6314
Southern Pacific	25	4845 - 4869

Preserved

Australia

• No. 2000 preserved by the Pilbara Railways Historical Society<ref>Exhibits Pilbara Railway Historical Society</ref>

North America

• Nacionales de Mexico 610, formerly Delaware and Hudson 610, preserved at the Yucatán Railway Museum in Mexico
• Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico 606, formerly Ferrocarril de Pacifico 606, preserved at the Yucatán Railway museum in Mexico

References

• Alco Century 628 Study by Win Cuisnier (Preston Cook) Extra 2200 South Issue #54 Oct-Dec 1975 p. 21.
• Alco Century (and predecessors) Spec-Profile by Don Dover Extra 2200 South Issue #54 Oct-Dec 1975 p. 22

External links

• Sarberenyi, Robert. Alco C628 Original Owners.

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