Back on the first of October I took off a little early from work – it was a Friday, and I was pretty caught up at work. The question was whether I should head home, or maybe head out for some pictures despite the crappy weather (heavy rain during the day, and the possibility of more to come). Well, when I got in the car and fired up the scanner I got my answer – stick around.
What caught my attention was a loaded Providence & Worcester ethanol train in New London waiting for a window to head back across the river and home with the loaded cars bound for Motiva in Providence, RI. After getting a text from a local fan (Vinny), I figured I’d head over to New London and try to catch them crossing Shaw’s Cove.
Luckily, the rain held off, but the storm provided some pretty neat clouds as a backdrop. So I tried to take advantage of them.
While waiting for the ethanol extra (actually NR2 was handling the run this day) to pull out of the NECR New London yard with the 40 tanks and one spacer car, a pair of Amtrak regionals passed by us – one in each direction. Even got a shot of Vinny and Marc waving to the passing westbound.
[cpg_imagefixnormal:114559] [cpg_imagefixnormal:114558] [cpg_imagefixnormal:114557] [cpg_imagefixnormal:114556] [cpg_imagefixnormal:114555]Then as the eastbound was pulling out of the station, NR2/ethanol extra pulled out of the NECR yard and down the lead past the station.
[cpg_imagefixnormal:114554]Then into view of my camera
[cpg_imagefixnormal:114553] [cpg_imagefixnormal:114552]While walking back from my spot, I got a shot of Marc watching the train roll by his camera
[cpg_imagefixnormal:114551]Then I got a couple shots of the guys’ cameras doing the filming. First up was Vinny’s
[cpg_imagefixnormal:114550]Then Marc’s as the power shoved past us
[cpg_imagefixnormal:114549]At that point I had to head out to catch the girls’ gymnastics practice, so I bid the guys farewell and headed north.
Thanks for looking!
Tom
