#3752
ALCO Century 425
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1964· locomotive class
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what is it?
The ALCO Century 425 is a four-axle, 2,500 hp (1,860 kW) diesel-electric locomotive. 91 were built between October 1964 and December 1966. Cataloged as part of ALCO's "Century" line of locomotives, the C425 is an upgraded version of the C424.
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 62 years ago, in 1964.
- 1.9 MW is about 22 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 21 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1964–1966
- status
- in service
- number built
- 91
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Locomotive Company
- top speed
- 113 km/h
- power
- 1.9 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B-B
- length
- 18 m
- weight
- 127 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q432665, Wikipedia: ALCO Century 425 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.