{"id":237,"date":"2007-09-17T22:58:01","date_gmt":"2007-09-18T02:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nanosphoto.com\/blog\/?p=237"},"modified":"2007-09-17T22:58:01","modified_gmt":"2007-09-18T02:58:01","slug":"a-pair-of-amtraks-and-the-eagle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/a-pair-of-amtraks-and-the-eagle\/","title":{"rendered":"A pair of Amtraks and the Eagle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Busy day again at work today, so I didn’t get out until a bit later than usual. By the time I got out, Providence & Worcester train NR-2 was already at the signal in Groton waiting to head west, but they’d need to wait for a couple Amtraks and a bridge opening. I guess it wasn’t in the cards for today. But I did get the two Amtraks as well as the US Coast Guard cutter Eagle <\/em>moving a bit downriver.<\/p>\n

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Since I didn’t have much time, I opted for the overlook to the south of the Thames River drawbridge. The first thing I noticed was that the Eagle <\/em>was moored to the pier near the Amtrak station in New London. But what was odd was the tugboat John Paul <\/em>was hovering about. It looked like she was about to leave the pier and head south. A couple minutes later, the lines were cast off and the tug began to nudge the square rigger away from the pier<\/p>\n

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Then a couple moments later, Amtrak train 171 came onto the bridge rather slowly. Apparently there was an issue with the cab signals, and they were running under a restricting indication, so they were rolling across the bridge at crawl.<\/p>\n

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By that time, the John Paul<\/em> had backed the Eagle <\/em>away, and turned her so she was in the full morning sunlight.<\/p>\n

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A quick look at the watch showed me that I had to get back to the office. But just as I made that determination, an eastbound Acela began blowing for the crossing near Shaw’s Cove across the river. Yeah, I could wait another minute for it to get to the bridge. A minute or so later, I got a couple shots of the train rolling across the Thames<\/p>\n

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Then it was back into the car and back to the office.<\/p>\n

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

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