Photos of Reader #1702
March 4, 1972
by Mike Condren
| Our visit began at the engine house in Reader where we see #1702. |  |
| Tony is seen standing by the cab of #11. |
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| The #1702 is steaming. |
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| Engine 1702 is seen leaving the engine housse and heading for the interchange. |
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| Our loco is seen pulling some tank cars past the Reader, AR station. |
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| Reader 1702 is seen putting its freight cars together for its trip to Waterloo while Tony Marchiando watches. |
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| Our trip has started toward Waterloo. |
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| My favorite Reader engine was their 1702. It was built for the U S Army in Sept. 1942, the month I was born. The Reader got the engine from the Warren & Saline River where I first saw it in Sept. 1961. |
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| The combine was dropped and the engine proceeded to pickup the freight cars on the siding. |
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| The train is seen leaving the area of the Waterloo station. |  |
| Our train is seen setting out cars at the refinery. That is Reader Railroad owner Tom Long signaling to the engineer as the engine delivers cars to the refinery. |  |
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| That is owner Tom Long signaling stop after coupling these cars. |
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| After we got back to Reader, the engine is seen on its way back to the engine house. |
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