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To all you Canadian readers out there – happy Boxing Day! Unfortunately, its not a holiday here in the States, so I had to drag my ass into work this morning. Oh, well – with most folks taking the rest of the week off, work would be light, and I’d be able to get out and hopefully catch Providence & Worcester train NR-2 somewhere around Ledyard. Too bad the sun & wind wouldn’t exactly cooperate.<\/p>\n
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I headed out at the usual time, hoping for a sign as to where NR-2 was, but on my trip north to Erickson Park I got zero information from the scanner. So I took the scanner along for my walk around the park.<\/p>\n
Once I finished up, the scanner was still giving me the silent treatment. I said to myself, I’ll give it another 5 minutes and then I’ll have to head back to the office. About 3 minutes later, NR-2 reported that they were south of MP12 and about 15 minutes from the sub base. Cool! A quick look at the cove showed a glassy calm surface. If everything stayed the same, it’ll yield some nice reflections.<\/p>\n
About 10 minutes later horns to the north pierced the silence of the Thames River valley as NR-2 sounded for the crossings at Dow Chemical about a mile to the north. At that point, I started the car and made my way to the south end of Mill Cove.<\/p>\n
A minute later, NR-2 started blowing for the Red Top crossing and made their way past MP4<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:5776]\n
And onto the causeway between the cove and Thames River<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:5775]\n
Then another standard shot, but this time with a twist. The Harvard boat house in the background, but this time with a trio of ducks flying by in the foreground<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:5774]\n
As the train passed by, a couple friendly toots from the lead engine came across the water. Next up was a shot of the power heading over Mill Cove’s inlet<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:5773]\n
Then the trailing power headed my way, so a shot with the NRG Montville cogeneration plant across the river in the background was next<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:5772]\n
And a final shot of the train again crossing the inlet to the cove<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:5771]\n
From there I headed for the Thames River drawbridge to try for a shot there. Listening to the scanner on the Amtrak frequency, it sounded like it would be a while before NR-2 would hit the corridor. So I decided to call it a morning and head back to the office for the day.<\/p>\n
Thanks for looking!
\nTom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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