“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.
A couple weeks ago, good friend and fellow photographer Bob LaMay and I took a ride out to the Metro North Croton-Harmon shops for their annual open house. With some time limitations on both of our parts, we planned our day out, instead of using the usual “wing-it” scheduling I’m […]
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 […]
As most of you know, ABC’s Good Morning America had put together, along with Amtrak, a special Whistle Stop Tour 2008 as a part of this year’s presidential election season. The train made its first “live” move (“live” is in quotes because they were taping segments for airing in today’s […]
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 […]