This model was a Bo-Bo type switcher of which 26 were built between 1966 and 1968. It had a raised cab mounted slightly off-center, with a lower, narrower hood on either side. The longer one contained the diesel engine, a 1,500 hp eight-cylinder turbocharged ALCo 251-F, while the shorter one contained auxiliaries. The C415 could be ordered with three different cab heights; a low one for minimum clearances, a regular height one, and an extra-height one for maximum visibility.
Trucks (bogies) were either Type B road trucks or ALCo Hi-Ad (high adhesion).
The one ordered by the Monongahela Connecting Railroad in the picture and seen at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was a low cab unit with Hi-Ad trucks. It is now preserved at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
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