{"id":982,"date":"2009-07-13T20:11:09","date_gmt":"2009-07-14T00:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nanosphoto.com\/blog\/?p=982"},"modified":"2009-07-13T20:11:09","modified_gmt":"2009-07-14T00:11:09","slug":"along-the-thames-the-hartford-and-nr-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/along-the-thames-the-hartford-and-nr-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Along the Thames – The Hartford and NR-2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Finally, some summer-like weather is upon us, including bright blue sunny skies.\u00a0 This morning I was able to take advantage of the beautiful weather conditions on two different occasions – one on my way into work, and the other a bit later on.\u00a0 And The Hartford I’m talking about isn’t the capitol of Connecticut, or the insurance company.<\/p>\n

On my way into the office today, like usual I crossed over the Thames River on the Gold Star Bridge.\u00a0 And like I usually do, I look to the south to see what’s going on in the channel.\u00a0 Well, something down by Electric Boat caught my eye – it looked like three tugs working with something that I couldn’t quite make out.\u00a0 Could it be a sub?\u00a0 Well, it was worth checking out – and it is on the way into work, so why not…<\/p>\n

I got to the Garbo Lobster parking lot to see the USS Hartford<\/em> (SSN 768), currently under diesel power, being assisted by a trio of tugs into the EB docks for repairs.\u00a0 Back on March 20, 2009, the Hartford collided with the USS New Orleans<\/em>, an amphibious assault ship, in the Straits of Hormuz.\u00a0 Here’s a story on CNN<\/a> of the collision.<\/p>\n

Anyways, here’s a few pictures of her being assisted into EB for repairs.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9722] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9721] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9720] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9719] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9718]\n

With those in the camera, it was time to head to the office.<\/p>\n

Then a little while later, I headed out to try and catch Providence & Worcester train NR-2.\u00a0 So I set my sights on Mill Cove.<\/p>\n

Well, as I got there, the scanner was still silent.\u00a0 So I pushed further north – maybe I could get them at Stoddard Hill.<\/p>\n

But as I passed by the little tidal pool near MP7, I caught a chirp on the scanner – OK, a train is around somewhere.\u00a0 So I turned around and headed back south.\u00a0 But then I realized that I heard the NECR down in New London on my way into work, so maybe it was them.\u00a0 I fired up the NECR frequency on the scanner, and it was them across the river switching AES Thames in Montville.\u00a0 Oh, well, I’m already heading south, so I guess I’ll hang out at Erickson Park for a few minutes before calling it a morning.<\/p>\n

While I’m parked there enjoying the weather, I heard a faint chirp again on the scanner.\u00a0 I guess that could possibly be NECR again.\u00a0 But something sounded different – I could hear a faint rumble in the distance.\u00a0 And that rumble slowly grew louder.\u00a0 That was followed by “P&W NR-2 to the Worcester Dispatcher” on the radio.\u00a0 Oh, crap, NR-2 was south of MP5 – less than a mile from me!<\/p>\n

So I high-tailed it down to the south end of the cove to get a few shots of them running along the water.\u00a0 I got there just as they were blowing for Red Top, and came into view just as I powered up the cameras.\u00a0 So I bagged a quartet of standard shots.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9717] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9716] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9715] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9714]\n

With them slowing down for the Sub Base, I figured that if I hit the lights right, I could get ahead of them and bag them south of the Nautilus<\/em>.\u00a0 It was worth a try…<\/p>\n

Well, I got to my spot just as the crossing at the USS Nautilus<\/em> activated.\u00a0 Plenty of time!<\/p>\n

Moments later, NR-2 came into view, and I rattled off a series of shots as they approached.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9713] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9712] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9711] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9710] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9709] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9708]\n

And now off to the next spot – maybe I could get ahead of them at the bottom of Fairview Yard.<\/p>\n

Well, I did get ahead of them, mostly because they began switching up at the north end of the yard.\u00a0 After a bit, they headed down into the yard, where I shot some more of NR-2 doing their thing, along with a couple other boats heading by in the Thames<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9707] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9706] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9705] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9704] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9703] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9702] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9701] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9700] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9699] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9698] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9697]\n

At that point I called it a morning.\u00a0 Can’t complain with what I came away with!<\/p>\n

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

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