{"id":1040,"date":"2009-08-13T10:01:15","date_gmt":"2009-08-13T14:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nanosphoto.com\/blog\/?p=1040"},"modified":"2009-08-13T10:01:15","modified_gmt":"2009-08-13T14:01:15","slug":"lehigh-line-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/lehigh-line-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Lehigh Line Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"I was going to get up early on Tuesday morning and head out before work.\u00a0 But I slept through my alarm, so that plan was out the window.\u00a0 Instead I decided to head west to Phillipsburg, NJ after I was done at work.\u00a0 Hopefully the 40 minute drive west would pay off and I’d catch some train action around the former CNJ PU tower.<\/p>\n

Well, to be honest, Phillipsburg was a last minute change.\u00a0 I was originally intending on heading to Flemington first – it was closer, and hopefully I’d be able to catch a train or two.\u00a0 But as I got close to the exit I’d have to take off of I-78, the weather looked threatening to the south – where I was going.\u00a0 But to the west, it looked a bit better, so I changed plans and headed for Phillipsburg.<\/p>\n

At first it seemed like a good decision – when I got into town, I was greeted by nice sunny skies, with a few clouds hanging around.\u00a0 No thunderstorms or complete overcast.\u00a0 OK, now for some trains.<\/p>\n

With cameras and scanner in hand, I headed out onto the bridge that spans the tracks near the former CNJ PU tower.\u00a0 While waiting, I took a quick shot of the tower, which is being restored by The Phillipsburg Railroad Historians<\/a>.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9991]\n

Then it was back to waiting.<\/p>\n

After a bit I finally caught something meaningful on the scanner – the NS dispatcher gave NS train 20W, an eastbound UPS trailer train, a temporary speed restriction between CP-EASTON and CP-PHILLIPSBURG.\u00a0 Well, that was encouraging – at least I’d get something while I was here.\u00a0 So instead of hanging out on the bridge, I figured I’d head back to the car and sit down while I was waiting.\u00a0 With CP-EASTON over the Delaware River, about a half mile west of where I was, and the 10 MPH restriction, I’d just have to wait for 20W to call that signal, and I would have plenty of time to get into position.<\/p>\n

A little bit later, I heard over the radio “20W clear CP-EASTON eastbound” – it was time to get my gear and get into position.<\/p>\n

A few moments later I could see headlights coming across the bridge to the west, and 20W came into view.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9990]\n

Then the shot I wanted of the train coming through the interlocking, and including the east facing signals.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9989]\n

Another adavantage of the speed restriciton was that I’d be able to get shots from both sides of the bridge spanning the tracks.\u00a0 Once traffic cleared on the road, I made my way to the eastern side of the bridge, and got a couple shots of the train passing by PU tower.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9988] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9987] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9986]\n

A switch to the telephoto to get a shot with the PRRH museum equipment in the background<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9985]\n

Then with the train rolling past the museum<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9984]\n

And finally the markers passing by, as the train begins to accelerate after clearing the speed restriction limits.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9983]\n

With a few miles of single track to the east, no sign of other trains in either direction, and fading sunlight, I decided to call it a day and head back to the hotel.<\/p>\n

Thanks for looking!
\nTom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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