Looking for scale drawings of C-424 and C-415

Hi All,

I've had no luck searching the internet and I've scoured my magazine collection. I'm looking for scale drawings of a C-424 and a C-415. Possible sources would be appreciated. Thanks!

-otto-

http://paintshop.railfan.net

http://www.trainiax.net

http://www.trainweb.org/willstrainart/

Google...

Hi Otto, Although my memory is a little hazy on the exact dates, RMC had C415 drawings way back in 1967. Later in the 80's or maybe early 90's RMC did a series on the rest of the 4 axle Centuries. I don't have my mag indexes handy or else I'd be able to give you the months and years.

I have two dimentioned Alco drawings from 1966 of a c-425 (well?) and a side-only of a C-415, only it has switcher trucks... There was a drawing in a 1980's RMC that I have somewhere.

for c424 ph. 1 (no notches) see July 85 RMC

RMC ran a series on the Century line in 1985. N.Todd has cited the C420 in the July issue; the C415 was in the March 1985 issue. Drawings of the C420 also appear in Loco 1 - The Diesel, Model Craftsman Publishing, 1966, page 102. If all else fails, I can scan these and e-mail them to you.

Luther, thanks for the link to paintshop, but their C-424 is too small, and they have no drawing of a C-415. I should have mentioned I looked there already. Thanks for the links to the others, those are most helpful.

Thanks to everyone else, too.

-otto-

Here is a list of publications with infos on the C415s. Many don't specifically have drawings, but at least a couple of them do.

• Diesel Era, Volume 7, Numer 6, pages 49-50, “Huntington’s Century 415s”, by Jay Potter
  Diesel Era, Volume ?, Numer ?, pages 29-39, “Alco Century 415 Switcher/Road Unit”, by Warren L. Calloway
  Railfan & Railroad, January 1983, pages 26-33, “The strange saga of the Wabash Valley”, by James W. Watson (Brandon Rail Infos)
  Railfan & Railroad, September 1984, pages 40-44, “Alco’s Unfortunate C415”, by Win Cuisnier
  Railfan & Railroad, September 1984, pages 45-47, “Southern Pacific’s C415s”, by David Lustig
  ** Railroad Model Craftsman, March 1985, pages 75-79, “The Century Series: C415”, by Win Cuisinier
  “Monongahela Connecting Railroad Alco C-415 Diesel Locomotive No. 701”, Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, The Railroad Museum Collection No. 28, by Anthony J. Diyenna
  The Diesel Builders, Volume 2, Interurban Press,1989, John F. Kirkland, Pages 178-179
  Contemporary Diesel Spotters Guide, 2nd Edition, 1995, Louis A. Marre, Page 314

** The RMC has the standard and high cab line drawings of the 415 in HO scale.

Pat Connors
BSOR