{"id":1278,"date":"2009-10-29T21:21:54","date_gmt":"2009-10-30T01:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nanosphoto.com\/blog\/?p=1278"},"modified":"2009-10-29T21:21:54","modified_gmt":"2009-10-30T01:21:54","slug":"nr-2-and-a-blue-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/nr-2-and-a-blue-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"NR-2 and a Blue Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"For the past couple weeks, there have been talk and sightings of a coach destined for the Valley Railroad in Essex, CT.\u00a0 Well, it finally completed the last leg of its journey from New Hampshire to Essex this morning on Providence & Worcester train NR-2.\u00a0 And as things worked out, I was able to photograph it as it was passing through both Ledyard and New London along the Thames River.<\/p>\n

With the weather forecast for clearing skies, I figured I might as well head out and see what I could see.\u00a0 With the possibility of the Valley RR’s coach being on NR-2, I figured my best bet for photos would be Mill Cove.\u00a0 So a little while after I heard NR-2 hit the Jewett City detector, I headed out of the office, setting my sights on the cove.<\/p>\n

When I got there, Bob LaMay was already there waiting.\u00a0 So I parked and joined him at the south end of the cove.\u00a0 We shot the shit for a while, and then NR-2 came into view with the blue coach in tow just behind the power.\u00a0 A couple standard telephoto shots to start out with<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10714] [cpg_imagefixthumb:10713]\n

Then a couple wider ones as the train skirted along Mill Cove<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10712] [cpg_imagefixthumb:10711]\n

And a shot of just the coach heading into the trees<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10710]\n

With that done, Bob & I went our seperate ways.\u00a0 I figured I’d have just enough time to head over the river and through the, uh, downtown and get to Shaw’s Cove in time.<\/p>\n

Well, as things had it – the lights, construction and other drivers – I got there just as NR-2 was asking the New London dispatcher for permission through New London station.\u00a0 A quick glimpse to the north told me that NR-2 was just crossing the bridge.\u00a0 OK, I had a few moments to get down to the water and set up.<\/p>\n

Just then, Amtrak train 190 started talking to NR-2 about taking the station.\u00a0 Then they came into view, slowly rolling across the Shaw’s Cove bridge<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10709]\n

And a few seconds later, NR-2 came into view to the north<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10708]\n

Then we had a rolling meet on the north side of Shaw’s Cove<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10707] [cpg_imagefixthumb:10706]\n

Finally, NR-2 came across the swing bridge, and into my (mostly) unobstructed view<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10705] [cpg_imagefixthumb:10704]\n

One vertical of the coach coming off of the bridge<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10703]\n

And a final going away shot as the train headed west on the Shore Line towards Old Saybrook, where the coach would be dropped.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10702]\n

As the train rolled off into the distance, I walked back to the car, loaded the gear back up, and headed back across the river to the office for the rest of the day.<\/p>\n

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

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