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No, I’m not talking about the Guns ‘N Roses song, nor the cheap-screw-cap wine the song is about.\u00a0 I’m talking about New England Central train NERWPA under cover of darkness.\u00a0 Well, darkness followed up by a couple 1\/800 of a second flashes of light.<\/p>\n
I had to go out this evening to run a couple errands in Willimantic.\u00a0 So like usual, as I cross over the Bridge Street grade crossing, I look up and down the NECR tracks.\u00a0 Looking to the right I saw nothing, but looking to the left I saw a blinking light – which had a train connected to it!\u00a0 Cool, it looks like the NECR was ready to head north!\u00a0 A quick look at the clock, and I figured I had enough time to get up to Mansfield Depot ahead of them and get a shot, and still have enough time to get my errands done.<\/p>\n
I got up there well ahead of the train, so I had time to scout out a few locations – I finally decided on one north of the Route 44 crossing.\u00a0 So I set up and waited.<\/p>\n
Soon after that, the echos of horns pierced the Willimantic River valley, and were followed a few minutes later by NERWPA coming into view at the Route 44 crossing.\u00a0 I got into position and bagged the first shot.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10836]\n
Not bad, a blue & gold on the point.\u00a0 Now what else was in the consist?<\/p>\n
Well, next up was a CSO unit, so I passed on shooting that one, but on the tail end of the engine consist was the FEC 722, and I got a shot of that heading across the crossing.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10835]\n
Pretty sweet catch!\u00a0 So as the train lumbered past me at about 10MPH, I packed up the gear and made my way back to Willimantic to do what I needed to do…<\/p>\n
Thanks for looking!
\nTom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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