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I had to head into work early this morning for a 7am teleconference.\u00a0 Once that was done, I decided to take advantage of the hole in my schedule to try and find a little breakfast, as well as Providence & Worcester train NR-2.\u00a0 As luck had it, I found both.<\/p>\n
Once my teleconference was over, I headed out to the car to try to catch NR-2 somewhere.\u00a0 Not knowing when they left Plainfield, or hit the Jewett City detector made me a little leery about catching them, but I figured what the hell.\u00a0 So I had the scanner on as I headed north to try to intercept the train.\u00a0 I figured breakfast could wait a bit – it would be just my luck to have NR-2 pull onto the scene as I was waiting for my food.<\/p>\n
On my way north past the Sub Base, the scanner was silent.\u00a0 Hmmm, where were they?\u00a0 Instead of pulling down to Mill Cove, I decided to head north to see how far I could get, and if I could get them somewhere else.<\/p>\n
By the time I got past Dow Chemical in Ledyard, NR-2 came over the radio, reporting to the Worcester dispatcher that they were south of MP11 and about 15 minutes from the base.\u00a0 Well, now I knew where they were!\u00a0 So a quick U-turn, and I was heading south again.\u00a0 I guess it’ll be the old standby of Mill Cove again (yeah, I know, I’ve got to get to some new spots…I’ll work on that this year, I promise!).<\/p>\n
So I get down to the cove well ahead of the train and wait a bit.\u00a0 After about 10 minutes, I head down to the south end of the cove and get out of the car just as the train reports that they were south of MP5.\u00a0 Not long after that they were sounding for Red Top and pulling onto the causeway.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:8436]\n
While they were continuing south, a pair of seagulls just sat there on the ice.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:8435]\n
And now in full view was their train – two 6-truck flat cars.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:8434] [cpg_imagefixthumb:8433]\n
Which was followed by a friendly horn blast from the cab.<\/p>\n
And then a final shot of the trailing power heading over the inlet to the cove, with a nice reflection in the non-frozen part of the cove<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:8432]\n
After that, it was back in the car to head south.\u00a0 But from the sounds of things on the Amtrak frequency, they wouldn’t be getting out right away.\u00a0 So I opted to alleviate my growling stomach, and head for a little grub before heading back to the office.<\/p>\n
Thanks for looking!
\nTom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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