{"id":156,"date":"2007-06-18T19:27:35","date_gmt":"2007-06-18T23:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nanosphoto.com\/blog\/?p=156"},"modified":"2007-06-18T19:27:35","modified_gmt":"2007-06-18T23:27:35","slug":"nr-2-the-nautilus-fairview-the-uscg-and-the-saga-monal-in-new-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/nr-2-the-nautilus-fairview-the-uscg-and-the-saga-monal-in-new-london\/","title":{"rendered":"NR-2 @ the Nautilus & Fairview, the USCG, and the Saga Monal in New London"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I decided to keep things a bit more local, taking advantage of the recent clearing at the USS Nautilus Overlook Park<\/a> in Groton. So I headed north a bit later than usual, since the drive was only a couple minutes.<\/p>\n

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I got up to the park just south of the sub base and walked around a bit, checking out the angles. As I was walking, P&W train NR-2 called into the Worcester dispatcher that they were south of MP5 – a couple miles to the north of me. So I headed back to the car, grabbed my camera – this time with only the 18-50mm wide angle lens on it – and walked back to the fenceline.<\/p>\n

Soon after that, the crossing gates activated at the USS Nautilus, and NR-2 came into view – with one of the most horrid sounding horns! Nope, it wasn’t tugboat, but rather the 3901 on the point. The cove was releatively calm, so a subtle reflection was in the surface of the water as the train rolled past. I grabbed a shot of the lead power by the Nautilus and through the trees, then the trailing locomotive clearing the Nautilus.<\/p>\n

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With the car nearby, I figured a quick sprint to the bottom of Fairview was in order. Maybe I could make it there ahead of the train. Yep, I got there just ahead of them, and snapped a shot of them heading south under some nice clear blue skies.<\/p>\n

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Then as the tail rolled past me, Rod leaned out and gave a nice smile & wave for the camera.<\/p>\n

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Then I grabbed an off-balance going away shot, that I think works despite being off balance.<\/p>\n

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As the train cleared, a sort of buzz in the distance was getting louder. Here came a US Coast Guard helocopter on patrol over the Thames River.<\/p>\n

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It was time for me to head south as NR-2 was to wait for a westbound train to clear New London before heading to Old Saybrook, and I didn’t have the time to wait for them to make their move west.<\/p>\n

On the way south along the Thames, I noticed a ship at the State Pier in New London. It was the Saga Monal<\/em> unloading lumber on the pier. Of course, I grabbed some shots. First a wide shot of them moored to the pier.<\/p>\n

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A telephoto shot of a pair of forklifts on the pier, with the bow of the ship<\/p>\n

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And a detail of the crane pulling some bundles of lumber out of the hold<\/p>\n

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And finally a bow-on shot of the ship at the pier.<\/p>\n

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Then it was time to head back. Damn, it was too nice to be in an office all day, but duty calls. Gotta pay the bills, ya know!<\/p>\n

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

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