{"id":3163,"date":"2013-01-05T22:07:33","date_gmt":"2013-01-06T02:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nanosphoto.com\/blog\/?p=3163"},"modified":"2013-01-05T22:07:33","modified_gmt":"2013-01-06T02:07:33","slug":"the-single-digit-stroll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/the-single-digit-stroll\/","title":{"rendered":"The Single Digit Stroll"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The start of January 2013 brought some cold temperatures to Connecticut, and it also brought some vacation time to me. \u00a0On the third day of the new year – a day that started out with the mercury diving to about 5\u00b0F – I decided to head out for some train shooting. \u00a0And me being the glutton for\u00a0punishment, I figured my first shot should involve a good 10 minute walk along the Thames River. \u00a0What the hell, I was on vacation…<\/p>\n

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For my first frigid shot of the morning, I headed for Stoddard Cove in Ledyard, but that wasn’t the shot I was looking for. \u00a0Instead, I just used Stoddard as a parking spot, and hiked about a half mile north to the shores of Poquetanuck Cove, which spans the Ledyard\/Preston town line. \u00a0With camera gear in hand, and gloves on the hands, I made my way north along the edge of the Thames River. \u00a0Once at the cove, I took advantage of the low tide, and went with a little wider angle of the train approaching, instead of my usual head-on view – and there was no way in hell I was trying that one, with the rocks I usually perch myself on being covered in snow and ice. \u00a0So now it was time to wait.<\/p>\n

About 15 minutes later, I could hear horns to the north and east – Providence & Worcester train NR-2 was making their way through downtown Norwich. \u00a0Shouldn’t be more than 20 minutes before they get to me.<\/p>\n

After a short wait, a low rumble came across the Thames Valley, and NR-2 came into view. \u00a0I grabbed a series of shots – from their approach, to them travelling along the causeway in the cold morning sunlight, then into the shadows of the south end of the causeway.<\/p>\n

With that in the bag, I made the hike out then met up with Vinny at Jordan Cove on Amtrak’s Shore Line in Waterford. \u00a0After catching an Acela and a couple regionals, we headed out, and I called it a day at that point. \u00a0Not a bad start to the new year.<\/p>\n

Thanks for looking!
\nTom<\/p>\n

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2013-01-06 – PW NR-2 Poquetanuck Cove-Amtrak Acela at Jordan Cove<\/a><\/div>6 photos<\/span><\/div><\/header>\n\t