“The tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” Words written by Thomas Jefferson in a letter to William Smith on November 13, 1787. Today is the day that we honor those who have served our country, and in some cases, […]
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And here’s Part II from October 23rd. In Part I, I chased a pair of P&W jobs with Nick Palazini. Well, later that day, the weather changed to a very nice & sunny afternoon. Since I was picking up my oldest daughter from the bus, and we had a few […]
One more from the backlog before I have to head to work. Here’s some stuff from the 21st – short version is this, an Acela and Providence & Worcester train NR-2 along a short length of the Amtrak Shore Line.
As has been recently, I haven’t been able to get out much and shoot anything, never mind any railroad action. But I had to run to Old Lyme after work today, and the sunset was pretty nice, so I checked things out along the Shore Line. But as things would […]
Sometimes getting up late is a good thing. Today fell into that category. I slept through my alarm, and got out about an hour later than usual this morning. On my way south to Groton, I had the scanner on, listening to the P&W frequency (I shut off the NECR […]
Yesterday morning on my way into work, while crossing the Thames River, I noticed something odd to the south. No, not the usual submarine or cargo vessel, but rather a tug spraying water into the air – like a nautical welcome. Running alongside of the tug was a rather large […]
Had to go on another trip to New Jersey last week for work, so of course the camera came along. But I was feeling a bit lazy, and I didn’t do my usual shooting from the platforms while waiting for my train. Instead I got a couple shots on the […]
Today was my 39th birthday. So to celebrate, I took the day off from work. For the first part of the day I chased Providence & Worcester train NR-2 from Lisbon to Groton, CT. Then I went home for a while. Then I decided to head out again, this time […]
Getting closer…now we’re up to what I shot last week! Providence & Worcester train NR-2 shifted their schedule recently. They’re now coming into Groton around 8:30AM, which actually makes it easier for me to get out and catch them a bit more often than I have been. So last week, […]
Yeah, you guessed it, I’m behind again. Time for a flurry of updates over the next day or so to catch up. Here’s installment #1 on that batch – from July 31st. That was a day that Nick Palazini, David Telesha and Jon (I can’t for the life of me […]