ALCO Century 628

ALCO Century 628

Preserved Hamersley Iron 2000 at 7 Mile Yard, Dampier, Western Australia in July 2003

Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder ALCO Model DL628 Build date December 1963 - December 1968 Total produced 186

Specifications AAR wheel arr C-C Gauge 4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Prime mover 16-251C Generator 586A4 or 586C1R Traction motors 752E6A

Performance figures Power output 2,750 hp (2,051 kW)

The ALCO Century 628 was a six-axle, 2,750 hp (2,051 kW) diesel-electric locomotive. A total of 186 C628s were built between December 1963 and December 1968. There were 135 C628s built for U. S. railroads, 46 C628s were 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. Two were built in Schenectady and three by AE Goodwin in Sydney. All had been retired by 1982 with one preserved on a plinth in Dampier.^[1]

SP purchased twenty-nine they got delivered 1965

Preserved

Australia

• No. 2000 preserved by the Pilbara Railways Historical Society^[2]

References

1. Oberg, Leon (2010). Locomotives of Australia 1850s-2010s. Kenthurst: Rosenberg Publishing. pp. 337–338. ISBN 9781921719011.
2. Exhibits Pilbara Railway Historical Society

• 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

Media related to ALCO C628 locomotives at Wikimedia Commons

• Sarberenyi, Robert. Alco C628 Original Owners.