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Well, I’ll be doing things a little out of order here.\u00a0 I’ve got some shots from the last week or two that I need to process and get online, but in the meantime, I’ve got some stuff from yesterday that’s ready to go.\u00a0 So that’s what you get to look at today…trust me, it’s worth it…<\/p>\n
So yesterday I was able to get out for a bit, and shoot Providence & Worcester train NR-2.\u00a0 I ended up catching them along Mill Cove in Ledyard and through Fairview Yard in Groton.\u00a0 They were a short train – two engines bracketed around a trio of cars.\u00a0 Nothing interesting, except maybe the skies overhead.\u00a0 There were some high clouds showing peeks of blue, as well as some fast moving lower clouds, making things look a bit interesting.\u00a0 But that’s not the really cool part.\u00a0 On my way back to the office, I saw an armed US Coast Guard rigid hull inflatable screaming up the Thames River.\u00a0 That could only mean one thing – a submarine was returning to the Sub Base in Groton.\u00a0 After a few moments of waiting, a Virginia class fast attack sub came into view, and of course I rattled off a few shots as it headed north.\u00a0 So here’s those pictures.<\/p>\n[cpg_album:612]\n
But that’s not it.\u00a0 Later on in the evening, after the kids were in bed, I had to run out to Willimantic on a couple errands.\u00a0 All the while, my radio was on scanning the P&W and NECR frequencies.\u00a0 Well, on my way back, I caught the NECR dispatcher giving a switcher out of Palmer a track warrant between Palmer and MP27 – which is the south yard limits of Willimantic.\u00a0 OK, a southbound was heading this way.\u00a0 But there was an interesting thing the dispatcher mentioned – that the P&W may be in town tonight as well.\u00a0 That just took the interesting-meter up a few notches.<\/p>\n
By the time I got back home, I checked email and someone mentioned on the P&W group that they heard the NECR dispatcher telling the southbound job out of Palmer to expect the P&W in Willimantic around 11:30PM.\u00a0 OK, that iced it – I decided to grab my camera & Lumedyne and head out at about 10PM to see if I could find NR-4.<\/p>\n
I ended up finding them in Versailles where they did a little switching before heading west.\u00a0 So I too headed west, and set my sights for Baltic.\u00a0 I figured I’d give my new 50D and its high ISO settings a little run-through.<\/p>\n
I set up the Lumedyne on a stand about 6′ off of the ground, and about 25′ to my right and took a couple test shots.\u00a0 Not too bad…now to wait for the train.<\/p>\n
A bit later, NR-4 came into view, crossing Route 97, and I took a shot.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10324]\n
Not too bad!\u00a0 I figured my next stop would be where the tracks cross over Merrick Brook in Windham, just downstream from the Scotland Dam.\u00a0 So off I went.<\/p>\n
On the way there, rain drops started hitting the windshield – nothing major, but it was sure to put a damper on my shooting.\u00a0 By the time I got to the brook, the rain was starting to come down in earnest.\u00a0 I grabbed a couple towels to shield the Lumedyne pack and head, and set up my gear.\u00a0 This time, focusing would be a problem – at least in Baltic there were street lights.\u00a0 Here, not a light for miles – just total darkness.\u00a0 I did have my Maglite, and it was barely bright enough to light up the ties on the bridge, allowing the camera to lock into a focus.\u00a0 With that confirmation, I took a test shot.\u00a0 Sweet!\u00a0 Now just to wait in the rain.<\/p>\n
A couple minutes later, a glow started to emerge above the trees, followed by the distinctive GE locomotive chug-chug<\/em>.\u00a0 OK, showtime.<\/p>\n I did another focus lock and waited for NR-4 to cross over the bridge spanning the brook.\u00a0 When I figured it was in the right spot, I tripped the shutter.\u00a0 And this is what came up on the camera’s LCD<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10323]\n They’re not perfect, but it’s a place to start.\u00a0 I’m sure I’ll be getting out there again to shoot in the dark.\u00a0 Either way, I think they came out decent.\u00a0 But now the rain was really coming down.\u00a0 So instead of planning my next stop (which would have been Pleasant Street in Willimantic, just south of the Frog Bridge) I broke everything down, got in the car, dried off the camera, and headed back home.\u00a0 Hey, it was also after midnight, and 5:30am would be coming quick…<\/p>\n Thanks for looking! Well, I’ll be doing things a little out of order here.\u00a0 I’ve got some shots from the last week or two that I need to process and get online, but in the meantime, I’ve got some stuff from yesterday that’s ready to go.\u00a0 So that’s what you get to look at today…trust me, it’s worth […]<\/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":[31,2],"tags":[14,67,68,21,110,25,111,22,269,8,41,97,24,98,197],"class_list":{"0":"post-1179","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-night-photography","7":"category-rail_photography","8":"tag-connecticut","9":"tag-fairview","10":"tag-groton","11":"tag-ledyard","12":"tag-lumedyne","13":"tag-mill-cove","14":"tag-night","15":"tag-nr-2","16":"tag-nr-4x","17":"tag-providence-worcester","18":"tag-south-windham","19":"tag-submarine","20":"tag-thames-river","21":"tag-us-navy","22":"tag-virginia-class","23":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179","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=1179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"