In October of 1967, Wilbur T. Golson captured this view of Reader Railroad steamers #11 and #1702 double-headed on a freight train as it was approaching a grade crossing at the DeWoody spur.

This is another of the prints in the former collection of Ron Findley. I had originally not intended to post this image as it was significantly under exposed, leaving the locomotives almost as silhouettes. But I’ve not seen many photographs of double-headed locomotives on the Reader and really wanted to share it. So with nothing to lose except for time, I tested my meager photo editing skills and managed to adjust the brightness and contrast at least to the point of something viewable. And I’m glad I did the experiment, because I really like this scene of those two steamers underway, with #11 blowing a whistle for the crossing.

Reader crewmen seemed to like riding atop of locomotive tenders. Note the crewmen, one standing on the tender tank of #11, and two riding on the tank of #1702.