Friday<\/a>).\u00a0 So instead of doing my usual stop at Fairview, I headed straight over the Gold Star into the Whaling City, and took up my position at the south end of Shaw’s Cove.<\/p>\nA few moments later, as I was walking out onto the rocks by the river, NR-2 started blowing for Governor Winthrop Blvd to the north.\u00a0 Since they were still out of view, I got a shot of part of that wrecked ship now that the tide was lower.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10801]\n
Then NR-2 came into view near the station<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10800]\n
And I worked the train and wreck in the same frame<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10799]\n
Then a couple of the train crossing the swing bridge<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10798] [cpg_imagefixthumb:10797]\n
And finally one wide shot getting NR2s trailing power with the wreck in the frame<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10796]\n
Satisfied with what I got, I packed it up and headed back to the office across the river for what I figured would be the rest of the day.<\/p>\n
Well, as things worked out, that wasn’t the case.\u00a0 Yesterday PGRD (Pfizer Global Research & Development) was making a major announcement about the new organizational structure of the company after the acquisition of Wyeth.\u00a0 So they closed the cafeteria – and I forgot to bring lunch – so I was forced to head out for lunch.\u00a0 BTW, in case you’re wondering why I didn’t attend – I work for a different Pfizer business unit – PGM (Pfizer Global Manufacturing) – and we’re not affected by PGRD’s actions.<\/p>\n
Anyways, after I got lunch from Wendy’s, I headed up the P&W’s Norwich Branch to see if I could catch NR-3.\u00a0 I found them working the Dow Chemical plant still, so I headed up to Stoddard Cove to see if I could wait them out.<\/p>\n
But when I got into the parking lot, something odd caught my eye – the bridge over the inlet to the cove was different.\u00a0 They actually changed out the entire bridge!\u00a0 Instead of the old beams and timbers bridge, they replaced it with a steel deck bridge.\u00a0 And just to the north, the old girders were sitting there waiting to be disposed of.\u00a0 So I got a few shots of the old beams, and the new bridge.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10795] [cpg_imagefixthumb:10794] [cpg_imagefixthumb:10793] [cpg_imagefixthumb:10792] [cpg_imagefixthumb:10791]\n
After all that, NR3 was still switching, so I figured I’d head back to the office.<\/p>\n
But on the way I swung by Groton Tower on a whim.\u00a0 There on the stub track was an Amtrak crane and flat car.\u00a0 So of course I got a shot of it.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10790]\n
And then called it a day, heading back to the office for good.\u00a0 Well, at least until 4:30PM…<\/p>\n
Thanks for looking!
\nTom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Yesterday I managed to get out for a bit and take advantage of the bright blue skies and warm weather down here in southeastern Connecticut.\u00a0 And as things worked out, I got out for a little bit over lunch because of some unforeseen circumstances at work.\u00a0 When all was said and done, I managed to photograph Providence & Worcester train NR-2 at Mill Cove and Shaw’s Cove – which included the “wreck” in the title – an Amtrak crane in Groton, and a new bridge up in Ledyard.<\/p>\n