{"id":1099,"date":"2009-08-25T17:33:57","date_gmt":"2009-08-25T21:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nanosphoto.com\/blog\/?p=1099"},"modified":"2009-08-25T17:33:57","modified_gmt":"2009-08-25T21:33:57","slug":"nr-2-in-the-nick-of-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/nr-2-in-the-nick-of-time\/","title":{"rendered":"NR-2 in the nick of time"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"This morning I was able to get out for my walk, but things didn’t go exactly as planned.\u00a0 In fact, they were pretty much made up on the fly – the scanner was unusually quiet when Providence & Worcester train NR-2 was usually talking.\u00a0 So I took that as a sign that I could head a bit further north than usual.\u00a0 That was almost the wrong decision…<\/p>\n

So as I mentioned above, the scanner on my way out of the office was really quiet – not a peep on the P&W frequency.\u00a0 So that meant I either just missed them, or they were running behind.\u00a0 Both became more possible as I pushed north closer to Stoddard Hill and the scanner still quietly stared at me from the dash of my car.\u00a0 OK, I figured I’d give Stoddard a shot and see what I could see.<\/p>\n

As I pulled in, I saw someone else down by the boat launch, and it wasn’t a fisherman (they usually don’t use Nikon SLRs on a tripod).\u00a0 Nope, it was none other than Fred Guenther<\/a>, a fellow photographer from a little further west down the CT shore setting up for his shot.\u00a0 So I grabbed my gear, and joined him.\u00a0 My first question was if he had heard or seen NR-2 yet – he replied that he thought they were close by.\u00a0 Just as he was saying that, I could hear a low rumble to the north – yep, NR-2 was on our doorsteps.<\/p>\n

So I moved down towards the water, and seconds later NR-2 appears under some nice sunshine & calm water on the cove.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10133] [cpg_imagefixthumb:10132]\n

OK, that was quick.\u00a0 Fred & I talked for a bit longer before parting ways.\u00a0 I figured I had time to catch them down at the south end of Fairview yard in Groton before I headed back to the office.<\/p>\n

By the time I navigated my way through traffic lights, and behind slowpokes, I caught up with NR-2 as they were just entering Fairview yard limits.\u00a0 But they didn’t continue south right away.\u00a0 When I pulled into the parking spot at the south end of the yard, I could hear them shuffling cars around up at the north end.\u00a0 OK, so I had plenty of time.<\/p>\n

A little bit later, they finished up and pulled south.\u00a0 I snapped a couple usual shots as they rolled past.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10131] [cpg_imagefixthumb:10130]\n

Then a final shot of the conductor riding the power as they rolled south to pick up a hopper sitting on one of the yard tracks.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10129]\n

At that point I called it quits and headed back to the office for the day.<\/p>\n

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

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