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Owner: Reader Railroad
Model:BLW 2-8-0Built As:USTC 1702 (2-8-0)
Serial Number:64641Order No:
Frame Number:19X26 cylinders, 57" driversBuilt:11/1942
Notes:Sept, 1942, nee-US Army
Other locos with this serial:  GSMR 1702(2-8-0) RERX 1702(2-8-0) GSM 1702(2-8-0)
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RERX 2-8-0 #1702 - Reader RR
Title:  RERX 2-8-0 #1702 - Reader RR
Description:  This is an example of the nearly 2,100 2-8-0's built for the US Army during WW II. The locos were liteerally spread all over the world both during and after WW II ended. This particular loco landed at Reader RR in Reader, Arkansas, hauling freight and an occasional tourist train like it was doing on this day in September of 1967. Unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  9/2/1967  Upload Date: 3/13/2017 11:11:15 AM
Location:  Reader, AR
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RERX 1702(2-8-0)
Views:  453   Comments: 1
RERX 2-8-0 #1702 - Reader RR
Title:  RERX 2-8-0 #1702 - Reader RR
Description:  With the shutdown of the Reader RR tourist line, this loco moved onto the Great Smoky Mountain RR of North Carolina. While there, it became a "movie star" being featured in the 1966 film, "This Property is Condemned," starring Natalie Wood, Robert Redford, and Charles Bronson. Unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  9/2/1967  Upload Date: 3/13/2017 11:13:08 AM
Location:  Reader, AR
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RERX 1702(2-8-0)
Views:  487   Comments: 1
RERX 2-8-0 #1702 - Reader RR
Title:  RERX 2-8-0 #1702 - Reader RR
Description:  An unidentified tourist enjoys the view of RERX 1702 working to pull a tourist train on this day in September of 1967. The loco now hauls tourists on the Great Smoky Mountain RR. Unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  9/2/1967  Upload Date: 3/13/2017 11:13:50 AM
Location:  Reader, AR
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RERX 1702(2-8-0)
Views:  374   Comments: 1


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