Took a vacation day from work today, so I’ve got a little time to catch up on some posts. For this one I’ve got some stuff from Stoddard Cove and Willimantic from Tuesday. I was able ot head out for a walk in the morning and catch Providence & Worcester train NR-2 and New England Central train NERWNE from Stoddard Cove in Ledyard, then later in the evening, I got a shot of NERWNE’s power sitting in Willimantic waiting for a ride north to Palmer.
With the turn of the weather this week, I had to get out for my walk a couple times. Tuesday I was able to get out for a bit and do my thing up by Stoddard Cove in Ledyard, CT. I got there well in advance of P&W NR-2 – by the time I got up there, they reported to the Worcester dispatcher that they were north of Norwich. So I made my way down the tracks to the south end of Stoddard Cove.
Along the way, I got a shot of the tracks over the causeway.
[cpg_imagefixthumb:9080]And a shot of a swan swimming by
[cpg_imagefixthumb:9079]As I was walking out, the scanner came alive with NECR NERWNE finishing up work in Montville, and getting ready to head north. A little while later – just as NR-2 reported that they were south of MP12 and 15 minutes from the Sub Base – WNE came into view across the Thames to the south
[cpg_imagefixthumb:9078] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9077]Then NR-2 came into view beyond the Mohegan-Pequot bridge
[cpg_imagefixthumb:9076]Looks like the two would be converging on my position! One final shot of WNE before I had to get into position for NR-2’s arrival
[cpg_imagefixthumb:9075]Just then, NR-2 came into view to the north in Preston
[cpg_imagefixthumb:9074]Then it was time to take advantage of the low tide, and walk along the southern rim of the cove to take adavantage of the work of the P&W’s brushcutting crew. Not long after getting into position, NR-2 came into view
[cpg_imagefixthumb:9073]And they rolled over the inlet to the Cove, past a fisherman
[cpg_imagefixthumb:9072]Then a wide shot of the train rolling along Stoddard Cove
[cpg_imagefixthumb:9071]As the train rolled past – and it was a good sized train, maybe 40-50 cars – I got a couple shots of the fisherman with the cars heading south
[cpg_imagefixthumb:9070] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9069]And some of the loaded gons of steel rolling past a swan in her nest
[cpg_imagefixthumb:9068]Then one more of a cut of Tilcon hoppers on the tail end of NR-2 rolling past the fisherman
[cpg_imagefixthumb:9067]As the NR-2s marker rolled past me, I made my way back up to track level. Maybe the NECR job was across the river.
When I got up to track level, I saw NERWNE directly across the river from me, so I got a few shots of them heading north
[cpg_imagefixthumb:9066] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9065] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9064]Then that was it for the morning. I hiked back to the car and made my way back to the office.
Later in the evening, I had to go to Willimantic for a photo club meeting. On my way there, I spotted NERWNE’s power sitting in the north end of the Willimantic yard waiting for a ride north.
[cpg_imagefixthumb:9063]And that put a close on a pretty good day trackside.
Thanks for looking!
Tom
