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I did manage to get out this morning for a bit to hopefully catch Providence & Worcester train NR-2 heading south along the Thames River in Ledyard or Groton. I managed to get out at my usual time, hoping that NR-2 would be back to their “old” schedule. So I made the brief trek north to Mill Cove, with the scanner happily humming away, monitoring the P&W radio frequencies.<\/p>\n
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As I headed onto Military Highway, I got my answer – NR-2 just then hit the Jewett City detector. Cool, that gave me enough time to go to the Post Office & get stamps for the family Christmas cards (that are coming off of the printer as I type), get back to Mill Cove and get a little walk in before NR-2 arrived on the scene.<\/p>\n
Just as I had thought, I got the stamps, walked around on the thick ice that coated Erickson Park, and got into position at the south end of Mill Cove as NR-2 reported back to Worcester that they were south of MP5.<\/p>\n
A few moments later, NR-2 began sounding for the crossing at Red Top, and appeared from behind the tree line near MP4.<\/p>\n
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The next trio of shots are of the train skirting the cove, which is sporting a thin layer of ice.<\/p>\n
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And at the south end of the cove, which rarely is blocked up by ice, a pair of shots of the tail end of the train<\/p>\n
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From there it was off to the Thames River drawbridge to see if I could get anything there. As I got there, NR-2 was already switching in Fairview, sounding like they’d be there for a bit before heading onto Amtrak’s Shore Line. I really had to get back to the office, so I grabbed a few shots of a pair of workers on the west tower, working on the cross bracing<\/p>\n
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I thought the last one was kinda neat, catching the seagull between the uprights of the west tower, as it glided past in the cold breeze.<\/p>\n
That’s it for today…hopefully I’ll be able to get further back to “normal” tomorrow.<\/p>\n
Thanks for looking!
\nTom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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