{"id":1788,"date":"2010-06-10T20:03:22","date_gmt":"2010-06-11T00:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nanosphoto.com\/blog\/?p=1788"},"modified":"2010-06-10T20:03:22","modified_gmt":"2010-06-11T00:03:22","slug":"a-few-wednesday-morning-minutes-in-bound-brook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/a-few-wednesday-morning-minutes-in-bound-brook\/","title":{"rendered":"A few Wednesday morning minutes in Bound Brook"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The weather forecasters were calling for increasing clouds yesterday, giving way to rain. \u00a0When I got up Wednesday morning, I was greeted by some pretty sunshine, and not many clouds. \u00a0So I figured I’d take advantage of the nice morning light, and shoot a little before heading into the office. \u00a0I set my sights on Bound Brook station – it’s easy to get to, plenty of parking, and the angles are decent – what I’ve called the “low hanging fruit” of the area, so to speak. \u00a0In the short time I was there I only caught three trains – one was a NJ Transit run, one was a stopped freight, and the other was a complete – and pleasant – surprise.<\/p>\n

When I was walking out to the far platform I noticed a train stopped on the Lehigh Line – not ideal, but it’s better than open tracks and red signals. \u00a0At least the light was nice for now – there were some thick clouds to the west. \u00a0Only question was which track was he stopped on?<\/p>\n

As I got out to the platform, NS train 19G was sitting on the far track – which was just fine. \u00a0While walking through the tunnel I was afraid they’d be sitting on the near track, obscuring the view of whatever they were stopped for. \u00a0Off to a decent start, I guess.<\/p>\n

So I got one shot of 19G sitting there, with a trio of headlights in the distance. \u00a0I guess that’s what he was waiting for.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:113722]\n

Now if the light would last…<\/p>\n

Well, it didn’t. \u00a0By the time the eastbound got to CP-BOUND BROOK (in talking to another visiting fan there Kevin, the symbol was NS 048), the clouds moved in, and the light faded quite a bit. \u00a0But as usual, little details like that don’t stop me. \u00a0Just up the ISO and keep shooting. \u00a0A couple shots as the train approaches the interlocking<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:113721] [cpg_imagefixthumb:113720]\n

Then a couple as they approached where I was standing<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:113719] [cpg_imagefixthumb:113718]\n

But something looked odd with the cars behind the engine – they almost looked like passenger cars…hmmm….<\/p>\n

With just the power visible, I got a couple wide shots of them rolling past (with Kevin in the frame). \u00a0BTW, at this point, 19G got the green signal, and was beginning to pull west.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:113717] [cpg_imagefixthumb:113716]\n

Then as the power passed by, it became obvious what was behind the engines – it was the James E. Strates Carnival train! \u00a0They’re on their way up to the show in Danbury, CT – kinda weird that as a resident of the Nutmeg State, I caught them here in New Jersey. \u00a0Anyways, I snapped a bunch of shots as they passed, trying to show the different cars and trucks on the train.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:113715] [cpg_imagefixthumb:113714] [cpg_imagefixthumb:113713] [cpg_imagefixthumb:113712] [cpg_imagefixthumb:113711] [cpg_imagefixthumb:113710] [cpg_imagefixthumb:113709] [cpg_imagefixthumb:113708] [cpg_imagefixthumb:113707] [cpg_imagefixthumb:113706] [cpg_imagefixthumb:113705] [cpg_imagefixthumb:113704]\n

With the Strates train out of sight, it was time to turn my attention back to 19G as they were rolling past. \u00a0I got one shot of them rolling past Kevin getting his video<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:113703]\n

And a pan shot of a couple covered hoppers, which look a lot like the loads the NECR pulls out of the AES Thames power plant in Montville, CT (this would make sense – I believe the fly ash they ship out heads to the midwest, I’m just not sure if it goes out on CSX or NS).<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:113702]\n

And finally one shot of an approaching NJ Transit train before I left.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:113701]\n

Not a bad 20 or so minutes at the station. \u00a0Nice way to start off the day.<\/p>\n

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

The weather forecasters were calling for increasing clouds yesterday, giving way to rain. \u00a0When I got up Wednesday morning, I was greeted by some pretty sunshine, and not many clouds. \u00a0So I figured I’d take advantage of the nice morning light, and shoot a little before heading into the office. \u00a0I set my sights on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[431,432,247,433,244,168,169,178],"class_list":{"0":"post-1788","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-rail_photography","7":"tag-431","8":"tag-19g","9":"tag-bound-brook","10":"tag-james-e-strates-carnival","11":"tag-lehigh-line","12":"tag-new-jersey","13":"tag-new-jersey-transit","14":"tag-norfolk-southern","15":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1788\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}