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Glorious sunshine.\u00a0 Had another day of blue skies and that bright orb in the sky that has been in such short supply lately.\u00a0 That coupled with a hole in my schedule this morning gave me the opportunity to head out and catch a little action.\u00a0 As things unfolded, I also fit a nice 100 yard dash through the brush into the mix for good measure.<\/p>\n
I headed out a little later than usual, so instead of heading up Route 12 towards Mill Cove and beyond, I opted to go up Military Highway along the Thames River, just in case NR-2 was close by.\u00a0 As I turned onto Military Highway from Fairview Ave, I picked up a chirp on the scanner – OK, a train was close by.\u00a0 The question was – is it NR-2 or the New England Central across the river?<\/p>\n
As I pushed north, the chirps got louder, but then I started picking up communications on the NECR frequency.\u00a0 OK, maybe it was 608 working their way north.<\/p>\n
Just as I was pulling past the USS Nautilus overlook parking lot, I saw that the gates at the Sub Force Museum were down – oh, shit, NR-2 is right here!\u00a0 A quick turnaround in the parking lot, and I was off to my little spot just to the south.<\/p>\n
After parking the car, I quickly grabbed my gear, and started sprinting down towards the track level.\u00a0 As I hopped over the guardrail, I could here the droning of GEs getting progressively louder.\u00a0 Will I make it down there in time?<\/p>\n
As I rounded the bend, I could see NR-2 coming into view – damn, this is going to be close.\u00a0 Looks like the telephoto was out – the only problem is I just realized I never put the strap back on from last night shooting the fireworks.\u00a0 Once I got down there, I found a flat spot and set the 40D down on the ground and snapped a couple shots with the 20D of NR-2 passing by me.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9367] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9366]\n
With that in the bag, I picked up the 40D and got a going away shot<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9365]\n
Then a tighter shot with the exhaust distorting the view of the Gold Star Bridge in the background<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9364]\n
Not bad for nearly missing the train all together!\u00a0 After that I figured I could wait for them to cross the Thames.<\/p>\n
A little while later, they got the signal from the Amtrak New London dispatcher to head west and headed across the river<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9363] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9362] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9361]\n
Just then Amtrak train 190 headed out the station.\u00a0 Since it had an AEM-7 for power (apparently they’re being phased out), I hung around and shot it crossing the river<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9360] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9359]\n
By the time 190 crossed the Thames, NR-2 was already going through the New London station.\u00a0 So I opted for a couple really long shots from where I was standing.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9358] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9357]\n
Then as NR-2 was rolling off of the Shaw’s Cove bridge, I packed up and headed back to the office.<\/p>\n
Thanks for looking!
\nTom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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