Well, yesterday I did manage to get out in time to catch Providence & Worcester train NR-2 (unlike today – I missed them completely because I couldn’t get out in time – oh, well, ya gotta strike out from time to time…). I had enough time to get up to Mill Cove and do my normal walk around the park before NR-2s arrival.
While walking around, one thing I noticed – still quite a bit of green on the trees. The colors are still slowly inching their way south, and have yet to really take hold in southeastern Connecticut. At least the recent wind & rain hasn’t stripped all the leaves off of the branches. Anyways, as I finished up my walk, I heard horns in the distance – NR-2 was sounding for the crossings at Dow Chemical to the north. So it was into the car for the quick trip to the south end of Mill Cove. Today I wanted to get the usual telephoto shots, in addition to some wide angle shots at the south end of the cove. A couple trees were beginning to turn colors, and I wanted to include them in the frame.
A minute later, NR-2 began sounding for the crossing at Red Top and came around the corner at MP4
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And a usual shot with the Harvard Boat House
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Then the foliage across the river caught my eye. Apparently the trees over there were changing faster than here on the eastern shore.
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The the lens swap – took the telephoto off and strapped on the 18-50mm wide angle zoom. Got a pair of shots at the south end of the cove, the first a vertical of the lead power heading for the trees.
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And the one I wanted – a wider shot of the trailing power and a couple trees
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From there it was off to the overlook south of the Thames River drawbridge. I got there a minute or so before NR-2 got to the signal (which was waiting for them with a green), so that gave me enough time to get into position. I opted for a slightly different framing – this time including some of the moored sailboats in the frame
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Then a shot of the trailing power passing the crane barge
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And as NR-2 rolled across the river to New London, I snapped a picture of a fishing vessel offloading their catch on the State Pier
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I figured I’d stay put and get a slightly different angle of NR-2 heading over Shaw’s Cove. I got a trio of shots at 200mm of the train crossing over the westernmost part of the bridge in New London.
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Satisfied with what I got in the beautiful morning sunlight, I packed up and headed back to the office for the remainder of the day. A day that was clearly too nice to spend inside…but alas I did…duty calls!
Thanks for looking!
Tom
