{"id":1915,"date":"2010-08-23T12:55:22","date_gmt":"2010-08-23T16:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nanosphoto.com\/blog\/?p=1915"},"modified":"2010-08-23T12:55:22","modified_gmt":"2010-08-23T16:55:22","slug":"from-way-back-on-aug-2nd-pw-and-amtrak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/from-way-back-on-aug-2nd-pw-and-amtrak\/","title":{"rendered":"From way back on Aug 2nd – PW and Amtrak"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Yeah, it’s been a little while since the last update. \u00a0Actually, pretty close to a month! \u00a0As usual, things are just downright hectic at home and at work. \u00a0But I have been making a little time for shooting here and there. \u00a0Over the next week or so, I’ll be playing catch-up and posting stuff in dribs and drabs. \u00a0Here’s the first one from back on August 2nd, where I was able to catch Providence & Worcester train NR-2 and Amtrak Northeast Regional train 190 meeting at Niantic.<\/p>\n

The 2nd of August was a cloudy day, so instead of the usual shots, I decided to try out a new spot near the Niantic River drawbridge. \u00a0Since it faces pretty much due east, it was a cloudy day only shot – if I headed there on a sunny morning, I’d be shooting into the rising sun (sometimes that’s not a bad thing, though). \u00a0So after hearing NR2 coming south through Ledyard, I made my way west to Niantic.<\/p>\n

While waiting there for NR2 to make their way onto the Shore Line in Groton, I scouted around. \u00a0The shot is essentially from the Route 156 bridge, which parallels the rails near the Niantic River. \u00a0I found one angle that I really liked which would give me a nice view in both directions. \u00a0Next was the waiting part.<\/p>\n

The wait wasn’t all that long as NR2 made their way onto Amtrak rails, and got clearance through New London. \u00a0Soon after that I could hear them blowing for Miner’s Lane to the east in Waterford. \u00a0So I got into position. \u00a0But as I did that, I could hear workers to the west around Crescent announcing “hot rail eastbound” – that meant Amtrak 190 was in the picture too!<\/p>\n

Well, the timing worked out rather well – just as 190 was coming into view, I heard some workers around NAN announcing “hot rail westbound – here comes the P&W.” \u00a0The meet worked out to some extent – a second or so later on 190 would have been nice, but things worked out.<\/p>\n[cpg_album:752]\n

After that I packed up and headed back to the office for the rest of the day. \u00a0Yeah, they’re OK shots, but I like the spot, so I’ll be refining the angle over time. \u00a0Might try it on a sunny morning, just for ha-has…<\/p>\n

Stay tuned for more updates! \u00a0They will include PW, NECR, CSX, NJT, NS & CSX, from CT, NJ & NY.<\/p>\n

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

Yeah, it’s been a little while since the last update. \u00a0Actually, pretty close to a month! \u00a0As usual, things are just downright hectic at home and at work. \u00a0But I have been making a little time for shooting here and there. \u00a0Over the next week or so, I’ll be playing catch-up and posting stuff in […]<\/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":[13,14,200,22,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-1915","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-rail_photography","7":"tag-amtrak","8":"tag-connecticut","9":"tag-niantic","10":"tag-nr-2","11":"tag-providence-worcester","12":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915","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=1915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}