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Going back in time a bit.\u00a0 Last Thursday my schedule prevented me from getting out at my usual time to shoot Providence & Worcester train NR-2 on their way south.\u00a0 But that was a good thing in a way.<\/p>\nGoing back in time a bit.\u00a0 Last Thursday my schedule prevented me from getting out at my usual time to shoot Providence & Worcester train NR-2 on their way south.\u00a0 But that was a good thing in a way.<\/p>\n
How can that be good?\u00a0 Well, I got a hold of a bit of information a little while after I would have left to catch NR-2.\u00a0 That information was this – NR-2 wouldn’t be running, and NR-3 was on their way out of Plainfield, and would be heading all the way to Fairview to work Spicer gas – something they don’t normally do.\u00a0 The stuff south of Dow Chemical and MP5 is NR-2s territory.\u00a0 OK, since NR-3 was heading this far south, I could work in a couple shots.\u00a0 A check of a little math, and my schedule, told me I had a window I could head out in and hopefully time it right and catch NR-3 in Ledyard.<\/p>\n
So I left when I figured the timing would be right, and I set my sights on Red Top.\u00a0 I figured with a cloudy day, the shot from the west side of the tracks would work out.\u00a0 Plus I haven’t shot from around Red Top in a while.<\/p>\n
After parking the car in the cul-de-sac, I grabbed my gear and started walking around the Red Top area, determining the shot I wanted.\u00a0 I figured on a long telephoto shot of the train coming past the station sign, then a going away shot of the train rolling along the causeway to the south.<\/p>\n
A couple minutes after picking my spot, the scanner picked up the chirp from NR-3s marker.\u00a0 That would put them within a couple miles of my position.\u00a0 A few minutes after that, NR-3s headlight peeked over the crest of the grade to the north.\u00a0 So I got a quartet of long shots as the train pulled up the grade.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:8445] [cpg_imagefixthumb:8444] [cpg_imagefixthumb:8443] [cpg_imagefixthumb:8442]\n
Next was the shot I was aiming for to the north<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:8441]\n
And a quick switch to the wide angle for the train rolling past me<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:8440]\n
Then finally the other angle – along the causeway, from the Thames River side.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:8439] [cpg_imagefixthumb:8438]\n
With the walk back to the car, that gave me enough time to get back to the office.\u00a0 So I didn’t persue the train any further south.<\/p>\n
Thanks for looking!
\nTom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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