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Yesterday I spent the day in bed at home with a nasty, but thankfully short-lived, cold.\u00a0 When I got up, I wasn’t quite feeling up to par this morning, so I opted to head in a little late and get a little more sleep.\u00a0 As things ended up working out, I was able to catch Providence & Worcester train NR-2 at Mill Cove – well, just barely.<\/p>\n
On my way in after my late start, like usual, I had the scanner going.\u00a0 As I was heading through Franklin, I heard the P&W Worcester Dispatcher give NR-2 more track – between MP12 and MP2.\u00a0 OK, that put them at the worst case in Norwich and a few miles ahead of me.\u00a0 I figured it was worth a gamble to try and get ahead of them and shoot them at Stoddard Cove in Ledyard.<\/p>\n
With that plan in mind, I headed down I-395, then across Route 2A and over the Mohegan-Pequot Bridge.\u00a0 As I was crossing the bridge spanning the Thames River, a look south showed me some bad news – NR-2 was rolling past Stoddard Hill.\u00a0 Damn!\u00a0 OK, now could I make it down to Mill Cove ahead of them?\u00a0 Well, with a state trooper in front of me, bending the speed limits was out of the question.<\/p>\n
Hoping for the best, I continued south on Route 12, keeping to the speed limit behind the trooper.\u00a0 As I approached Dow Chemical, the dispatcher asked where NR-2 was currently – he reported that they were south of MP6 – which was right next to me!\u00a0 OK, maybe I could get ahead of them at Mill Cove.\u00a0 As I passed by the Dow gate, a peek down the road gave me the answer – I was currently going faster than NR-2, so I figured I could do it.<\/p>\n
Once at the light for Military Highway, I parted ways with the trooper – he continued south on 12, and I headed down towards the cove.\u00a0 As the cove came into view, I was greeted by two welcome sights – well, one was a sound.\u00a0 First off, there was no train crossing the causeway, and second, NR-2 reported to the dispatcher that they were south of MP5.\u00a0 So I continued to the south end of the cove.<\/p>\n
As soon as I parked, NR-2 began sounding for Red Top, and then came into view, and I rattled off a trio of shots.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9729] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9728] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9727]\n
Then one of the trailing power passing by the Harvard Boat House<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9726]\n
And a closeup of the trailing power.\u00a0 But something caught my eye after I took the shot – you can see the cars on NECR train NERWNE across the river.\u00a0 Too bad it wasn’t the power…<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9725]\n
Then one final shot of the trailing power slipping behind the treeline<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9724]\n
Not bad for a quick minute or so stop.\u00a0 From there I packed up the gear, and headed to the office for the rest of the day.\u00a0 Glad I could take advantage of the beautiful weather!<\/p>\n
Thanks for looking!
\nTom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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