{"id":4759,"date":"2026-04-05T13:01:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T18:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/?p=4759"},"modified":"2026-04-05T13:01:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T18:01:25","slug":"a-mixed-train-at-waterloo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/2026\/04\/05\/a-mixed-train-at-waterloo\/","title":{"rendered":"A Mixed Train at Waterloo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Continuing our story on the Reader Railroad, the notes on this photograph say this is &#8220;Reader Railroad steam locomotive #108 at work hauling a mixed train at Waterloo, Arkansas&#8221;.  At first I thought it was a train departing from Waterloo, but zooming in on the image shows that the train isn&#8217;t moving.  Indeed, it appears to be preparing to do its switching at the asphalt plant.  Notice the two fellows standing on the oil tank of the tender, apparently using the cab roof as a desk to study some paperwork.  Looking behind the first tank car (marked as a water car), there is a brakeman posing for the camera while waiting for time to make his next move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whatever the situation, it&#8217;s a nice photograph of the entire train of five tank cars and three passenger cars . . . a nice, typically southern mixed train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Reader-108-With-Mixed-Train.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"704\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Reader-108-With-Mixed-Train.jpg\" alt=\"Reader Railroad #108 With a Mixed Train\" class=\"wp-image-4758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Reader-108-With-Mixed-Train.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Reader-108-With-Mixed-Train-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Reader-108-With-Mixed-Train-768x601.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Reader-108-With-Mixed-Train-384x300.jpg 384w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Again, this is a scan of one of several 8\u2033x10\u2033 photos from the collection of the late Ron Findley.  The notes on the back of the photograph inform that the photographer is &#8220;Sgt. John Taibi, stationed at England AFB&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing our story on the Reader Railroad, the notes on this photograph say this is &#8220;Reader Railroad steam locomotive #108 at work hauling a mixed train at Waterloo, Arkansas&#8221;. At first I thought it was a train departing from Waterloo, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/2026\/04\/05\/a-mixed-train-at-waterloo\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos-i-like","category-railfanning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4759"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4764,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4759\/revisions\/4764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}