{"id":64,"date":"2007-03-16T16:49:37","date_gmt":"2007-03-16T20:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nanosphoto.com\/blog\/?p=64"},"modified":"2007-03-16T16:49:37","modified_gmt":"2007-03-16T20:49:37","slug":"31607-noreaster-part-ii-the-necr-in-franklin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/31607-noreaster-part-ii-the-necr-in-franklin\/","title":{"rendered":"3\/16\/07 Noreaster part II &#8211; the NECR in Franklin"},"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__MG_6760.jpg?resize=150%2C100\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"10\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" align=\"left\" \/>Well, because of the crappy weather today, I was able to leave work early and head home.  Down in Groton, the snow was starting to change to sleet, and I really didn&#8217;t want to hang around to watch it change to freezing rain.  So I got out around 1pm and made my way home.  Of course, the scanner was on the entire way back, just in case.  As I crawled up I-395 at a whopping 25 MPH, I heard some chatter that sounded like New England Central train 610 working somewhere around Norwich or Franklin.  As I got closer to town, it sounded like they were finishing up at Cargill in Franklin.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>When I got there, they were working on the runaround south of Cargill, shoving a cut of cars down the runaround out of sight.  A couple minutes later they made their way back down the runaround, preparing to tie onto their train.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">[cpg_imagefixthumb:2675]\n<p align=\"center\">[cpg_imagefixthumb:2674]\n<p align=\"center\">[cpg_imagefixthumb:2673]\n<p align=\"left\">Once they cleared the switch, the power paused for the conductor to unlock the switch and line it for the main.  In that time, a couple things struck my eye.  First, the shovel and broom on the nose of the locomotive.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">[cpg_imagefixthumb:2672]\n<p align=\"left\">And then some melting snow, running down the side of the hood, over the walkway and over the fuel fill cap, leaving some neat looking icicles behind.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">[cpg_imagefixthumb:2671]\n<p align=\"left\">From there, I figured I could head down to the Route 87 crossing well ahead of them to set up a couple more shots.  One was of the train crossing the small river just east of the Route 87 crossing.  It didn&#8217;t turn out exactly how I had envisioned, but is probably worth revisiting in the future.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">[cpg_imagefixthumb:2670]\n<p align=\"left\">And finally a shot from the crossing of the train starting to round the bend to the south<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">[cpg_imagefixthumb:2669]\n<p align=\"left\">From there it was back to the car to brave the roads the rest of the way home.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Thanks for looking!<br \/>\nTom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, because of the crappy weather today, I was able to leave work early and head home. Down in Groton, the snow was starting to change to sleet, and I really didn&#8217;t want to hang around to watch it change to freezing rain. So I got out around 1pm and made my way home. 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