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Yesterday I was running a little late in getting out of the house, so I didn’t get on the road at my usual time.\u00a0 But like usual, I had my scanner on during the 40+ mile commute to the office.\u00a0 That told me a couple things – first that New Engalnd Central train NERWNE (AKA 608) was on time leaving Montville, and second Providence & Worcester train NR-2 was early in leaving Plainfield.\u00a0 OK, maybe I could get both trains on my way in.\u00a0 So the scenic route was in order…<\/p>\n
I figured with the way NR-2 was traveling, I could make it to Stoddard Cove and get a couple shots of them heading south there.\u00a0 Just as I parked the car, I glanced across the River to the NECR side and I saw some empty centerbeam flats slipping into the woods.\u00a0 Hmmm, I guess NERWNE would be in range soon.\u00a0 So I grabbed my stuff and headed out to the edge of the Thames.<\/p>\n
A few moments after I got there, NECR NERWNE came into view, and I got a series of photos as they rolled along the Thames up to Fort Shantok to the north.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10085] [cpg_imagefixthumb:10084] [cpg_imagefixthumb:10083] [cpg_imagefixthumb:10082] [cpg_imagefixthumb:10081] [cpg_imagefixthumb:10080]\n
Then just as they slipped out of view to the north, I saw headlights on the P&W side – here comes NR-2!\u00a0 (had they been a few seconds earlier, I would have been able to get both in the same frame)<\/p>\n
After picking my spot, I waited for them to appear.\u00a0 And appear they did…but it was a little shorter than usual – just a trio of light engines.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10079]\n
Then they came out of the shadows of Stoddard Hill<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10078]\n
And rolled past me (with Don waving out the window in the 2nd shot)<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10077] [cpg_imagefixthumb:10076]\n
And a going away shot as they went back into the shade<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10075]\n
On my way back down the tracks, I got one more shot of them rolling past some fishermen near MP7<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10074]\n
Not too bad for a few minutes on-scene.\u00a0 I figured a shot at Mill Cove and the Nautilus were out, so I headed straight down to Groton.\u00a0 With the train being simply light engines, I figured this presented a nice opportunity to try something different.\u00a0 I wanted to include a portion of the former New Haven SS-119 Groton tower in the shot.\u00a0 So I headed for the parking area south of the Groton wye.<\/p>\n
When I got there, NR-2 was asking permission to head west on Amtrak.\u00a0 The New London dispatcher informed them that they’d be heading west after the next eastbound Acela – train 2190.<\/p>\n
While waiting, I got one shot of NR-2 waiting at the signal, with part of the tower in the frame.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10073]\n
Not long after that, 2190 pulled out of New London station and headed my way.\u00a0 I got one shot of the train with the tower<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10072]\n
Then a going away shot with some Maintenance of Way equipment on one of the old yard tracks.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10071]\n
A couple moments later, NR-2 got the signal, and began pulling down the west leg of the Groton wye.\u00a0 As they did it, I got a trio of shots of them passing by the old tower.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10070] [cpg_imagefixthumb:10069] [cpg_imagefixthumb:10068]\n
As NR-2 crossed the Thames, I packed up the gear and made my way to the office.\u00a0 Not too much of a delay at all…<\/p>\n
Finally, you’re probably wondering about the title of this post.\u00a0 Late (me<\/em>) + Early (NR-2<\/em>) = On Time x 2 (NERWNE and 2190<\/em>).\u00a0 OK, a little weird, but then again, so am I…<\/p>\n Thanks for looking! Yesterday I was running a little late in getting out of the house, so I didn’t get on the road at my usual time.\u00a0 But like usual, I had my scanner on during the 40+ mile commute to the office.\u00a0 That told me a couple things – first that New Engalnd Central train NERWNE (AKA […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[321,83,13,14,68,99,21,166,7,22,8,89,24,103],"class_list":{"0":"post-1082","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-rail_photography","7":"tag-321","8":"tag-acela","9":"tag-amtrak","10":"tag-connecticut","11":"tag-groton","12":"tag-groton-tower","13":"tag-ledyard","14":"tag-nerwne","15":"tag-new-england-central","16":"tag-nr-2","17":"tag-providence-worcester","18":"tag-stoddard-cove","19":"tag-thames-river","20":"tag-uncasville","21":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"