{"id":1383,"date":"2009-12-13T00:06:44","date_gmt":"2009-12-13T04:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nanosphoto.com\/blog\/?p=1383"},"modified":"2009-12-13T00:06:44","modified_gmt":"2009-12-13T04:06:44","slug":"whippany-and-morristown-nj-at-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/whippany-and-morristown-nj-at-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Whippany and Morristown NJ at night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 10px;\" title=\"Whippany RR Museum\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nanosphoto.com\/gallery\/albums\/userpics\/10001\/thumb_03-20091211-420204365-_MG_9493.jpg?resize=150%2C100\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" \/>On my last night in NJ, I decided to head up to Whippany, NJ to check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whippanyrailwaymuseum.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Whippany Railway Museum<\/a> out and photograph some of their equipment.\u00a0 As things worked out, not only did I stop in Whippany, but I also swung through Morristown and checked out the Morristown &amp; Erie shops, where I found something a little unusual.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->After swinging by J&amp;R Cigar in Whippany (and picking up a nice El Rey del Mundo), I stopped by the Whippany Railway Museum just down the road.\u00a0 There I found a bunch of their equipment dressed up for Christmas just begging to be photographed.\u00a0 So I broke out the Lumedyne and 50D and took a few shots around the entrance of the museum.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10903] [cpg_imagefixthumb:10902] [cpg_imagefixthumb:10901]\n<p>After these shots, I figured it was time to move on &#8211; not because of the amount of time I was there, but rather that the feeling had all but left my hands (again, no gloves&#8230;).\u00a0 So I figured I&#8217;d head south a bit and check out the M&amp;E shops in Morristown &#8211; hey, it was on the way back to the hotel!<\/p>\n<p>When I got to the back of the Staples parking lot, I was greeted by an idling Norfolk Southern GP40 coupled to a M&amp;E caboose and boxcar.\u00a0 Interesting&#8230;\u00a0 In addition to that, it looked like the M&amp;E employees were preparing for the Santa Trains from the Whippany Railway Museum.\u00a0 As they were working, I got a few shots around the yard, including of course the NS consist.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:10900] [cpg_imagefixthumb:10899] [cpg_imagefixthumb:10898] [cpg_imagefixthumb:10897]\n<p>Once again, the feeling was starting to leave my extremities, so I figured it was time to call it a night&#8230;also, I didn&#8217;t want to stay out too late since I had a 9:30am train to catch in Newark&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for looking!<br \/>\nTom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On my last night in NJ, I decided to head up to Whippany, NJ to check out the Whippany Railway Museum out and photograph some of their equipment.\u00a0 As things worked out, not only did I stop in Whippany, but I also swung through Morristown and checked out the Morristown &amp; 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