{"id":358,"date":"2008-04-11T22:03:54","date_gmt":"2008-04-12T02:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nanosphoto.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/11\/tuesday-amtrak-and-pw\/"},"modified":"2008-04-11T22:03:54","modified_gmt":"2008-04-12T02:03:54","slug":"tuesday-amtrak-and-pw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/tuesday-amtrak-and-pw\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Amtrak and P&W"},"content":{"rendered":"

OK, catching up a bit here. I made it out on Tuesday for a bit – not only to catch some train action, but to also put my new high end point & shoot through it’s paces. I picked up a Canon G9 mainly for quick shots of the kids, but I figured I’d give it a try trackside. So I headed out to try to catch my usual fare – Providence & Worcester train NR-2, and possibly some Amtrak action along the Thames River. Well, I got that, along with some updates on the Thames River drawbridge progress.<\/p>\n

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On my way out of the parking lot, I heard NR-2 report that they were south of MP5, making it impossible for me to get them on home rails. So I set my sights on the overlook just south of the Thames River drawbridge.<\/p>\n

When I got there, I noticed something – the workers had placed one of the pulleys that will be used in raising and lowering the new lift span – this one on the east tower. The 20D was called to duty for these.<\/p>\n

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And workers were placing the holders for the south pulley on the west tower<\/p>\n

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While waiting for some rail action, I got a shot of a pair of fishing vessels moored to the state pier<\/p>\n

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Then the rail action came along – and I decided to use the G9 for these shots. First up was 190<\/p>\n

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Back to the 20D to get a shot of the workers on the west tower<\/p>\n

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And a tugboat working with the barges around the bridge<\/p>\n

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Then 171 with the G9<\/p>\n

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Now the tugboat with a barge moving to the bridge, back with the 20D<\/p>\n

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A couple minutes later, NR-2 came off of the Groton wye, and onto the drawbridge. Back to the G9 for these shots<\/p>\n

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And a quick change to the 20D to get a shot of NR-2s trailing power passing by a bunch of workers on the base of the east tower<\/p>\n

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By then, it was time to head back to the office for the rest of the day.<\/p>\n

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

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