Damn, talk about busy. Hectic at work, and booked up at home. Which leaves precious little time to take pictures! Well, that’s not entirely true – Wednesday night my wife & I got a night away from the kids and saw our friend Steve Rodgers and his brother Jon play a set at the Main Pub in Manchester, CT. I’ll have some photos from that show next week sometime. But I did manage to get out at work twice this week to catch Providence & Worcester train NR-2 – once in the sun on Wednesday, and once in the fog on Thursday.
Wednesday was at Mill Cove – the sun was out, the skies mostly blue, and the cove somewhat calm. So I got some decent shots with subtle reflections in the water. Just to keep things brief, I’ll spit out the pictures without the usual verbiage – I’ve got to get up early tomorrow for Railroads Illustrated‘s Day In North America (AKA DINA) feature. I’m heading to the CSX River Line in New York State for the day. So here goes, Wednesday morning in pictures.
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And Thursday was at the Thames River drawbridge. But this time I opted for a different angle to the north of the drawbridge. Well, opted isn’t quite the right word – it was about all I could get under the circumstances. As I was heading north on Military Highway, the Amtrak Shore Line dispatcher called NR-2 and asked if they were ready to head west to the NECR. Crap, I rode right over them! So I spun around, and pulled into Fairview at the south end of the yard. A quick sprint to the river side of the tracks got me to an opening in the trees where I could get a decent view of the bridges. Here’s the shots of NR-2 crossing over the Thames. There’s one of the train getting off of Shaw’s Cove, taken from the overlook on the Groton side of the river, as well as a generic shot of the east tower’s progress.
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Thanks for looking!
Tom
