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Conrail Cyclopedia ALCo Century Magazine Articles "The Century Series: C-636," Win Cuisinier. Railroad Model Craftsman. Jan 85, 90-94. Prototype overview of the C-636 and owners, plus HO drawings. PC 3334 CR 6778 in pieces(!), with truck detail, b&w " C-630: Part 2," Robert L Hundman. Mainline Modeler. Sept 89, 55+. Photos and drawings of Conrail's units. "Bob Kenderdine's Kitbashed Century 630," Bob Kenderdine. Railroad Model Craftsman. Nov 86, 56-61. Kitbashing a RDG C-630 using Tyco and Model Power parts. "The Reading C-630s," Dale Woodward. Railroad Model Craftsman. Nov 86, 61-62. Prototype overview of the Reading Company units. RDG 5305, 5308 "The Century Series: C-630," Win Cuisinier. Railroad Model Craftsman. Nov 85, 76+. Prototype overview of the C-630 and owners, especially the RDG. HO Drawings. "The Century Series: Low Hood C-630," Win Cuisinier. Railroad Model Craftsman. Aug 84, 59-63. Prototype overview of the C-630 and owners, plus HO drawings. RDG 5308, 5305 bw "Diesel Detail: Alco C-628 as Lehigh Valley 626 and 628." Railmodel Journal. Jan 00, 59+. "Diesel Detail: ALCo C-628 Lehigh Valley," Rich Picariello. Model Railroading. June 93, 53-55. Typical article. Good color photos! LV 637 red, 628 red, 634 snowbird "ALCo Century 628 (DL628)," Joe Beckley. Diesel Era. Nov/Dec 92, 35-49. Detailed overview of the locomotive and owners, plus roster. Covers LV, LV/Monon, PRR, PC, and CR. PRR 6301, 6311 PC 6302 LV 626, 631, 632, 639 xLV 6728 "Diesel Detail: C-628 as Lehigh Valley No. 626." Model Railroading. Sept 87, 40. This article is a bit dated, but can be used as a start for detailing. LV 626 b&w "Alco's Final Four-Axle Design - Century 430," Stephen McMillan. Diesel Era. Sept/Oct 94, 18-35. Detailed overview of the locomotive and its owners. Covers from 1st owners through CR. NYC 2051, 2053, 2054, 2057, 2058 PC 2051, 2053, 2054, 2056 RDG 5211, 5212, xRDG 2048 CR 2049 xPC 2055, 2057, 2058 (NYC shows), 2059 "The Century Series: C-425," Win Cuisinier. Railroad Model Craftsman. Sep 85, 80-85. Prototype overview of the C-425 and owners. HO drawings. EL 2457, CR 2435 "Detailing a Reading C-424," Alan Mende. Model Railroader. July 97, 88-91. Uses an HO Atlas C-424 Phase I model. Creates a very nice model. No proto photos. "The Century Series: C-424," Win Cuisinier. Railroad Model Craftsman. July 85, 71-75. Prototype overview of the C-424 and owners, plus HO drawing. RDG 5204 b&w "Alco's Century 420 Road Switcher," Jim Hediger. Model Railroader. Feb 85, 84-87. A general overview of the prototype, plus an S scale drawing. No Conrail or predecessor photos, but some general technical info if interested. "Modeling Alco's Century Diesels," Jim Six. Model Railroader. Feb 85, 88-91. Jim builds a PRR and Nickle Plate C-420 and C-424 using Model Power and AHM HO locomotives. The techniques he uses can be applied to a PC or CR model as well, with only some details possibly needing to be altered. EL 2545 b&w "Rebuilding HO Scale Alco 420 and 424 Road Wwitchers," Stan Mailer. Model Railroader. July 81, 86+. Deals with EL, L&HR, and RDG units. I don't own this issue. Any details would be appreciated. "Modeling An L&HR C-420," Jim Herzog. Railroad Model Craftsman. July 88, 54-62. Brief prototype overview. Uses an MRC (HO) model. LHR 24 "Diesel Detail: Alco C-420 as LV No.410." Model Railroading. March 97, 15+. I don't own this issue. Any details would be appreciated. "The Century Series: C-420," Win Cuisinier. Railroad Model Craftsman. May 85, 81-84. Prototype overview of the C-420 and owners, plus HO scale drawings. LV 408, L&HR 24 b&w "Conrail's Four-Axle Centuries," Paul K. Withers. Diesel Era. Sept/Oct 98, 43-49+. Detailed look at the C-420, C-424, C-425, C-430. Photos cover original schemes, paint-outs, and blue. All photos b&w except rear cover. A great article. Detailed roster. CR 2421, 2429, 2452, 2457, 5066 LHR 23, 27, 28 xLHR 2072 EL 2408, 2411 xEL 2477, 2487 NH 2555 RDG 5202, 5209 xRDG 2495, 2496 PRR 2444 PC 2419, 2455 xPC 2418, 2474 (full CR lettering) "The Monsters of Mingo Junction," Jay Potter. Trains. Jan 77, 42+. Alcos based at Mingo Junction, Ohio. HELP: "Article Title," Author's Name. Magazine. Issue, Pages. Summary or comments on the article and models used go here. Roster photos of locos in article listed here. b&w=black&white photo. Copyright (c) 1998-2008 Robert S. Waller. All rights reserved. Photos for personal use only. All rights reserved by original owner of image. Reproduction or redistribution in any form without express written permission is prohibited.