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ALCO Century 430
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1966· model of 3,000 hp 4 axle diesel-electric locomotive (16 made)
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what is it?
The ALCO Century 430 is a four-axle, 3,000 hp (2,237 kW) diesel-electric locomotive. 16 were built between July 1966 and February 1968. Cataloged as a part of ALCO's 'Century' line of locomotives, the C430 was an upgraded version of the C425 model.
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 60 years ago, in 1966.
- 2.2 MW is about 26 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1966–1968
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 16
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Locomotive Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- 2.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B-B
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4652263, Wikipedia: ALCO Century 430 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.