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Last week I was down in New Jersey again for work, and as has been my usual practice, the cameras and Lumedyne have come along for the ride. \u00a0Instead of doing a post for each time I went out to shoot, I’m just going to roll everything up into one post…easier that way.<\/p>\n
February 16, 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n With the President’s Day\u00a0holiday\u00a0on Monday, I didn’t head down to the Garden State on my usual Acela until Tuesday morning. \u00a0After work that evening, I decided to take advantage of what\u00a0remaining\u00a0light was left, and stop by Bound Brook station before checking into the hotel. \u00a0While there I was able to catch a couple eastbound NJT runs, along with one westbound CSX (pretty sure it was Q439). \u00a0With the light pretty much gone, I headed up the road to the hotel and checked in. \u00a0After sitting around for a bit I decided to head up to Morristown and shoot whatever was outside the Morristown & Erie shops. \u00a0But I did take the scenic route to Morristown – making a stop in Whippany at J&R Cigars to enjoy an El Rey del Mundo and a draught Boddington’s. \u00a0I’m glad I did that, because there was pretty much nothing at the M&E shops – making the cigar & beer worth the trip north. \u00a0Here’s Tuesday’s photos:<\/p>\n[cpg_album:679]\n February 17, 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n Day Two in the Garden State was greeted by some sunshine. \u00a0So I took advantage of it and headed down to the Bound Brook NJ Transit station to see what action I could grab. \u00a0As it turned out, that was the right move – in addition to the usual NJT commuter runs, I was able to shoot an eastbound CSX work train, as well as a a pair of NS jobs – one east and the other westbound. \u00a0And within the westbound’s consist – an empty autorack job – was a Providence & Worcester rack. \u00a0Later in the evening I decided to head out to Macungie, PA and do a little night work on NS. \u00a0While out there, I bagged four NS jobs around the pavilion in town. \u00a0On the way home, I swung through Allentown to check out the yard ops, and also made a stop in Bethlehem, where I saw the PBNE dropping a cut of stacks off for NS, but wasn’t in position to shoot them.<\/p>\n[cpg_album:680]\n February 18, 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n Thursday the 18th started out as a cloudy morning, so I decided to sleep in a bit and not shoot in the AM. \u00a0Instead, on a whim, I headed up to Morristown again to check out the M&E. \u00a0At least there was something up there – a Maine Eastern FL9 was sitting outside the shops. \u00a0Being a NH fan, I had to shoot this old girl. \u00a0And while I was there shooting, I was paid a visit by Morristown’s finest. \u00a0Apparently someone called me in, so he had to investigate. \u00a0After a brief chat (“Oh, you’re a train guy? \u00a0You know so-and-so? \u00a0OK, have a safe night.”), we shook hands, and he went his way.<\/p>\n[cpg_album:681]\n And that was it for this trip. \u00a0Friday also started out with overcast skies, so I stayed in bed. \u00a0Later in the day, of course, was graced with glorious sunshine and blue skies. \u00a0Of course… \u00a0Well, at least I was able to get on an earlier train home and get in an hour before I was scheduled to. \u00a0Nice surprise for Jill & the kids.<\/p>\n Thanks for looking! 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\nTom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"