Today is a solemn day – the 8th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on New York, Washington DC & Shanksville, PA where so many lost their lives. I decided to observe the passing of the moment by going out and exercising my freedom to take photos of what I […]
Yearly Archives: 2009
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As things worked out today, I was able to get out a couple times – the second time being an on the fly, but pretty successful run. And both times I was able to explore some new angles – the first one was more of a tweak, but the second […]
Yes, that title is a poor attempt at a rhyme. But anyways, today is my 40th birthday, and I was able to head out for a few minutes this morning and catch Providence & Worcester train NR-2 in Groton and New London. Despite the cloudy morning, I ended up with […]
Back on September 2nd, I got a call from Nick Palazini that Providence & Worcester train NR-2 was just heading through Jewett City, CT. And with a little hole in my schedule, and some beautiful blue skies, I figured a little trip was in order. I figured i’d be able […]
This morning I met up with Mike Biehn again, and we visited a couple different spots. I didn’t have much time, so we made the chase short, but I did give him a few more pointers on other nice shots around the area. Anyways, we caught Providence & Worcester train […]
Last Friday after dinner, we decided to take the girls out for a little treat. So as we sometimes do, we headed into Willimantic to visit our local Dairy Queen. Going there involves crossing the New England Central tracks, which is also where the Providence & Worcester now interchanges with […]
Yep, you’re seeing things correctly – that would be the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile sitting in Norwich, CT on Thursday evening. I noticed it on my way to watch my daughters at gymnastics, and of course I had to stop and get some pictures. And on the way back from gymnastics, […]
OK, continuing to catch up on last week’s shots, here’s part one from Thursday. I was able to get out for a bit and catch Providence & Worcester train NR-2 heading south. It was a quickie – not much time to do any kind of shooting, so it was a […]
This past Wednesday I met up with a rail photographer from Cincinnati, Ohio who was visiting the area. He had contacted me a while back asking about the Providence & Worcester along the Thames River. So I offered to meet him and show him around. Wednesday was that day.
Last Saturday, before the BSRM Night Photo Shoot, my older daughter had a birthday party to go to, so I had some one-on-one time with the little one. Well, when she asked me to go take pictures of trains, I gladly obliged! Since there wasn’t much going on around here, […]