{"id":464,"date":"2008-11-13T14:28:51","date_gmt":"2008-11-13T18:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nanosphoto.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/13\/an-all-stone-nr-2\/"},"modified":"2008-11-13T14:28:51","modified_gmt":"2008-11-13T18:28:51","slug":"an-all-stone-nr-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/an-all-stone-nr-2\/","title":{"rendered":"An all-stone NR-2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nanosphoto.com\/gallery\/albums\/userpics\/10001\/thumb_20081112-_MG_6022.jpg?resize=150%2C100\" width=\"150\" align=\"left\" border=\"1\" height=\"100\" hspace=\"10\" \/>This week I&#8217;m taking a class whose schedule is set to the Central time zone.\u00a0 So it&#8217;s starting later than usual, and I&#8217;m also staying later.\u00a0 So, to make up for things, I&#8217;m coming into the office later than usual.\u00a0 And with Providence &amp; Worcester train NR-2s early morning schedule, the timing has worked out that I&#8217;ve been able to catch them a couple times this week.\u00a0 Yesterday was no different, and with the gloomy weather forecasts for today &amp; the rest of the week, I figured it would be worth it to catch NR-2 one more time.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->As usual, on my way south towards Groton, I had the scanner going.\u00a0 And as I had done on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nanosphoto.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/12\/veterans-day-2008\/\">Tuesday<\/a>, I came across Route 2A, and down Route 12 to try to meet up with NR-2.\u00a0 But this time things were different &#8211; I hadn&#8217;t heard anything over the scanner on my trip down.\u00a0 Oh, well, maybe I wouldn&#8217;t catch them this time.<\/p>\n<p>As I was heading south on Route 12, passing by Dow Chemical in Ledyard, the scanner crackled NR-2 report that they were south of MP12 and about 15 minutes from the Sub Base.\u00a0 OK, cool, things would work out after all.\u00a0 So I headed for Mill Cove.\u00a0 I figured that was the best shot with the lower sun &#8211; I did scout around the Hurlbutt Road area to see if there were any interesting vantage points.\u00a0 Well, needless to say, there really weren&#8217;t, so I headed for the old standby.<\/p>\n<p>Not long after I got there, I heard horns to the north as NR-2 came through Dow &#8211; that was my usual signal to get into position.<\/p>\n<p>A few moments later, NR-2 appeared, and I got a few of my standard shots.\u00a0 First a few with the 40D and a telephoto lens<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:8257] [cpg_imagefixthumb:8256] [cpg_imagefixthumb:8255] [cpg_imagefixthumb:8254]\n<p>Then switching to the 20D with the wide angle<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:8253] [cpg_imagefixthumb:8252]\n<p>And back to the telephoto to get a pan shot of the last two cars rolling past<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:8251]\n<p>What was interesting about this train, was that it was all stone hoppers &#8211; both for Tilcon and O&amp;G Industries.\u00a0 Nothing else&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>With the clock approaching the time I needed to be at the office to attend class on time, I packed up the gear and headed for work.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for looking!<br \/>\nTom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week I&#8217;m taking a class whose schedule is set to the Central time zone.\u00a0 So it&#8217;s starting later than usual, and I&#8217;m also staying later.\u00a0 So, to make up for things, I&#8217;m coming into the office later than usual.\u00a0 And with Providence &amp; 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