04-21-2018, 09:23 PM
I just saw this thread and did not have time to read page after page of responses. The Arkansas & Missouri is a short line railroad that was looking for used locomotives. They found that They could buy three Alcos for the price of one used EMD. They bought up a bunch of Also Century 420's, and cannibalized two for every one they have running. The cannibalized units are the source of spare parts for the C-420's. The Alcos also pull better on grades than the comparable EMD units.