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As things worked out today, I was able to get out a couple times – the second time being an on the fly, but pretty successful run.\u00a0 And both times I was able to explore some new angles – the first one was more of a tweak, but the second was a completely new angle for me.<\/p>\n
This morning, I had a bit of time to head out for a little walk and hopefully catch Providence & Worcester train NR-2 somewhere.\u00a0 It was a bit later than normal, so I set my sights on Mill Cove for my stop.\u00a0 I got there ahead of the train, so I did my thing while waiting – of course listening to the scanner the whole time.<\/p>\n
A little bit later, I caught NR-2 informing the Worcester dispatcher that they were south of MP9 and about 15 minutes from the base.\u00a0 OK, that put them about 10-12 minutes from me – perfect.\u00a0 Like I usually do, I got back in the car and headed for the south end of Mill Cove for my shots.<\/p>\n
When I got down there, I decided to head a bit further south to see what things looked like through the brush.\u00a0 Well, one angle caught my eye – it was a bit limited, but looked pretty good.\u00a0 So I set up and waited.<\/p>\n
A few moments later, NR-2 started blowing for the crossing at Red Top, and then came into view.\u00a0 As they proceeded along the causeway, I rattled off a few shots.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10215] [cpg_imagefixthumb:10214] [cpg_imagefixthumb:10213]\n
Not too bad, especially for a mostly cloudy morning.\u00a0 With that in the bag, and the cloud cover being even thicker to the south, I decided to call it a morning and head back to the office.<\/p>\n
For lunch today I headed over to New London to meet up with my boss, who was up here from New Jersey for a meeting in the New London Research HQ offices.\u00a0 After lunch, I figured that since I was literally next to Shaw’s Cove, I’d go and explore a bit.<\/p>\n
Well after walking around a bit, I found an angle that I had been looking at for a while – I had seen other photographers (Mark Shenking comes to mind) shoot from here, and really wanted to check it out for myself.\u00a0 Well, I had found it – all I needed now was a train.<\/p>\n
Just as I was saying to myself that I should pack it in and head back across the river, I glanced up to the north.\u00a0 Luckily I did look up because Amtrak train 173 was crossing over the Thames River lift bridge.\u00a0 Cool!<\/p>\n
A little bit later, 173 was stopping at the New London Amtrak station, so a long telephoto was in order<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10212]\n
After exchanging passengers, they were on the move again, and a minute or so later, crossed over the Shaw’s Cove swing bridge, giving me the shots I was looking for<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10211] [cpg_imagefixthumb:10210]\n
Happy with what I got, I headed back to the car, and across the river for the remainder of the day.\u00a0 Not a bad little diversion on the way back to the office.\u00a0 I’ll be exploring this angle more in the coming days & weeks…stay tuned…<\/p>\n
Thanks for looking!
\nTom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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