{"id":264,"date":"2007-10-24T21:51:48","date_gmt":"2007-10-25T01:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nanosphoto.com\/blog\/?p=264"},"modified":"2007-10-24T21:51:48","modified_gmt":"2007-10-25T01:51:48","slug":"102207-pw-nr-2-at-mp7-fairview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/102207-pw-nr-2-at-mp7-fairview\/","title":{"rendered":"10\/22\/07 – P&W NR-2 at MP7 & Fairview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Backlog nearly cleared now…here goes another. This past Monday sported glorious blue skies, calm winds and warm temps, so I decided to head for the tidal pool near milepost 7 on the Providence & Worcester’s Norwich Branch in Ledyard, CT. When I got there, the color of the leaves was a bit subtle still – this part of the state still hasn’t reached its peak – but I figured it would make for some nice photos with the calm water. The scanner told me I wouldn’t have long to wait – P&W train NR-2 was working just a few miles to the north in Norwich. Time to pick the spot and get ready.<\/p>\n

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As usual, while walking around checking the angles, I snapped some non-railroad related photos. First is a boat speeding south through the Thames River.<\/p>\n

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And some young swans were out with their parents getting a bit of breakfast along the banks of the Thames<\/p>\n

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Not long after that, I could hear horns to the north, followed by a trio of headlights in the distance. Here comes NR-2! As they went under the Mohegan-Pequot bridge (Route 2A) to the north, I grabbed a long shot – somewhat of a where’s Waldo type shot – with the train barely discernibl.<\/p>\n

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Then I swapped lenses, opting for the fisheye to get some of the barely lit foliage into the frame. By the time I got to my somewhat swampy spot (the tide was out, so I could get a wider angle), NR-2 and the trains reflection rumbled onto the short causeway<\/p>\n

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Today they had more uncovered coil steel cars destined for Primary Steel in Middletown<\/p>\n

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And a shot of the trailing power<\/p>\n

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Satisfied with what I got, I took my time in getting back to the car – which included a pretty good climb up the hillside.<\/p>\n

I got into the car, and headed south. As the light at the Sub Base south gate turned green, I took a left onto Military Highway and continued south. A quick glance to my left struck my eye as odd – the gates at the Nautilus were down. Did I get in front of NR-2? The horns gave me the answer – I did! So instead of getting a shot at the Nautilus, I opted to get way ahead of them and go for a shot down on Military Highway with some of the turning foliage in the background.<\/p>\n

I got to the spot well in advance of NR-2s arrival – they had just entered Fairview yard to the north. A short run to my spot (yes, I said run), and a swap of lenses – telephoto off, and standard wide angle on (18-50mm if you’re curious). Then NR-2 rolled into view. I shot a few shots – 2 different framings.<\/p>\n

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Truly satisfied with my catch for the day, I headed back to the office. NR-2 would have to wait for an Amtrak to follow, so I took my leave of the Corridor and headed back to the office.<\/p>\n

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

Backlog nearly cleared now…here goes another. This past Monday sported glorious blue skies, calm winds and warm temps, so I decided to head for the tidal pool near milepost 7 on the Providence & Worcester’s Norwich Branch in Ledyard, CT. When I got there, the color of the leaves was a bit subtle still – […]<\/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":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-264","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-rail_photography","7":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264","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=264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}