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.

The #1702 is steaming.

Engine 1702 is seen leaving the engine housse and heading for the interchange.

Our loco is seen pulling some tank cars past the Reader, AR station.

Reader 1702 is seen putting its freight cars together for its trip to Waterloo while Tony Marchiando watches.

Our trip has started toward Waterloo.

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.

The combine was dropped and the engine proceeded to pickup the freight cars on the siding.

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.
That is owner Tom Long signaling stop after coupling these cars.

After we got back to Reader, the engine is seen on its way back to the engine house.

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