{"id":893,"date":"2009-06-17T22:18:18","date_gmt":"2009-06-18T02:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nanosphoto.com\/blog\/?p=893"},"modified":"2009-06-17T22:18:18","modified_gmt":"2009-06-18T02:18:18","slug":"nr-2-at-4-spots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/nr-2-at-4-spots\/","title":{"rendered":"NR-2 at 4 spots"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"So this morning I had a bit of time in my schedule to head out and take advantage of the nice weather and go for a walk.\u00a0 I decided on trying to get up to a spot a bit north and hopefully catch Providence & Worcester train NR-2 along the way.\u00a0 Well, I did catch NR-2 when I did my walk – and at three other spots along the way.\u00a0 Oh, yeah, and they did a little something out of the ordinary in Groton too.\u00a0 Glad I had the scanner on, or I would have missed it for sure.\u00a0 Keep reading to see what I’m talking about.<\/p>\n

I headed out a little later than usual, so I wasn’t sure where I’d be able to catch NR-2, but I set my sights on Stoddard Cove in Ledyard – may as well aim for what I wanted.\u00a0 As I was rolling north approaching ast the Sub Base, I heard NR-2 report to the Worcester dispatcher that they were south of MP13.\u00a0 OK, I think I should be able to just make it up to Stoddard in time to catch them.<\/p>\n

A little bit later, I pulled into the parking area of Stoddard Cove and parked the car.\u00a0 Just as I was gathering my gear, I heard a faint marker chirp on the scanner, indicating that NR-2 was a mile or two away.\u00a0 Time to get my ass out of the car and into position.<\/p>\n

Next was to decide on where to shoot from.\u00a0 Should I take a chance and walk down the causeway, or stick around the boat launch area?\u00a0 Just as I was contemplating that, I began to hear a growing low frequency rumble.\u00a0 Could that be NR-2?\u00a0 Well, if so, I’d never make it down the causeway, so the boat launch it was!<\/p>\n

Just as I found an angle I liked, with a pair of swans in the frame, NR-2 came into view on the north end of Stoddard Cove.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9324] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9323] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9322]\n

But there was something odd – they weren’t going all that fast.\u00a0 Maybe there was still trackwork going on around here, and they were under a speed restriction.\u00a0 OK, if that’s the case, I could probably beat them down to Mill Cove.\u00a0 I figured it was worth a try.<\/p>\n

I got to Mill Cove about 30 seconds before NR-2 called south of MP5 – perfect timing!\u00a0 So I rattled off a few shots of the passing freight.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9321] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9320] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9319] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9318]\n

With the train still plodding along, I thought I might as well tempt fate and try to catch them at the USS Nautilus.\u00a0 So back into the car I went, and headed south to try and leapfrog NR-2 again.<\/p>\n

Well, I got stuck at the traffic light at the Sub Base & USS Nautilus – as I was sitting at a red light, NR-2 rolled in front of me.\u00a0 So a shot at the Nautilus was out.\u00a0 OK, I could get ahead of them at the bottom of Fairview yard, making that my next stop.\u00a0 So a left onto Military Highway, and I sailed right past the Nautilus overlook park (and Mark Shenking who just bagged NR-2 there) on my way to Fairview.<\/p>\n

I got there just as the train was entering the yard limits, but just as I was parking I heard something odd on the scanner.\u00a0 NR-2 was talking with the Amtrak New London dispatcher, and mentioned that they’d be wyeing one engine.\u00a0 Interesting…\u00a0 With that little tidbit of information, I headed trackside and got a few shots of NR-2 rolling past me.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9317] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9316]\n

From there, it was time to head over to the old New Haven SS-119 tower.\u00a0 While waiting there, Amtrak 190 crossed the Thames and headed past the old tower (which is slated for demolition sometime in the future).<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9315]\n

After a bit of a wait while the crew seperated the two engines, one of them came down the west leg of the wye<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9314]\n

Then crossed in front of the tower<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9313]\n

And came up the east leg of the wye (this is from the Fairview Ave. bridge)<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9312]\n

Then Rod lined the switch for them to couple this engine onto the train<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9311] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9310]\n

Then Rod hoped aboard the south facing engine to bring it back to the rest of the consist.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9309] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9308] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9307] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9306]\n

After everything was tied back up, the crew got back on board and headed south.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9305]\n

At that point I had to bid Mark a farewell and call it a morning – I was running out of time, and hell, I bagged them at four different spots within 8 or so miles of each other.\u00a0 Not a bad morning at all.<\/p>\n

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

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