{"id":68,"date":"2007-03-20T16:26:06","date_gmt":"2007-03-20T20:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nanosphoto.com\/blog\/?p=68"},"modified":"2007-03-20T16:26:06","modified_gmt":"2007-03-20T20:26:06","slug":"pw-nr-2-and-nh-1-3202007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/pw-nr-2-and-nh-1-3202007\/","title":{"rendered":"P&W NR-2 and NH-1 – 3\/20\/2007"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was able to get out and catch two Providence & Worcester jobs today – NR-2 and NH-1. Caught NR-2 rolling past the USS Nautilus<\/em> in Groton, CT, and later I got ’em swapping cars and power with NH-1 in Old Saybrook, CT at the Amtrak station.<\/p>\n

First up was NR-2 this morning. I got out a bit later than I had wanted, and as I was heading towards the south end of Fairview Yard, the scanner woke up and NR-2 reported that they were about 10 minutes out of the base. Some quick calculations of speed, mileage and stoplights in my path made it real close that I would make it to Mill Cove. So I opted for the USS Nautilus<\/em> overlook park. I got there well in advance of the train, so I could pick out my spot – which were limited due to all the damned weeds and errant trees growing on the slope. So I opted for a shot I’ve done before, where the train and sub are framed by branches. A couple minutes later, the bells at the pedestrian crossing at the Sub Force Museum started ringing, and a short NR-2 came rolling along.<\/p>\n

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Not too bad. That was all I had time for there, so it was back to the office.<\/p>\n

Then came lunch. I figured I haven’t been to the Amtrak station at Old Saybrook in a while, so it was time to head out there. Well, by the time I got there, NR-2 and NH-1 were finishing up their car and power swap, and getting ready to head out. One of NR-2s locomotives headed up the east leg of the wye, while a combined NH-1 and NR-2 pulled down track 3 past the station.<\/p>\n

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Then once they were tied onto the train, I tried to beat them to the Connecticut River drawbridge in Old Lyme. Well, needless to say, I didn’t make it. But it looks like they’re doing some work on the bridge – here’s a shot of a work barge moored to the south side of the drawbridge.<\/p>\n

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So from there I figured it was over, and made my way back to I-95 heading north. But as I approached New London, the Amtrak frequency came alive with the Shore Line dispatcher asking for foul time back to get NR-2 over Shaw’s Cove and back home. Hmmm, I guess they’ve been waiting there for a bit. So I got off of the Gold Star Bridge in Groton, and waited a minute or two for NR-2 to get onto the Thames River drawbridge. At least I’d get one bridge shot today…<\/p>\n

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Then as the trailing power made it’s way onto dry land, I turned and headed back a mile or so south to the office for the rest of the day.<\/p>\n

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

I was able to get out and catch two Providence & Worcester jobs today – NR-2 and NH-1. Caught NR-2 rolling past the USS Nautilus in Groton, CT, and later I got ’em swapping cars and power with NH-1 in Old Saybrook, CT at the Amtrak station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,14,70,68,71,22,72,8,24,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-68","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-rail_photography","7":"tag-amtrak","8":"tag-connecticut","9":"tag-connecticut-river","10":"tag-groton","11":"tag-nh-1","12":"tag-nr-2","13":"tag-old-saybrook","14":"tag-providence-worcester","15":"tag-thames-river","16":"tag-uss-nautilus","17":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}