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Some of the usual suspects - P&W NR2

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:46:38 -0500

Got a couple posts to catch up on from last week. First up is from last Thursday of Providence & Worcester train NR-2 coming south through Ledyard & Groton. Also, got a couple shots of a passing ship.

Nearly a month ago - P&W NR2 and Amtrak in Groton

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:43:42 -0500

Yeah, you guessed it, I’m behind again. Time for a flurry of updates over the next day or so to catch up. Here’s installment #1 on that batch - from July 31st. That was a day that Nick Palazini, David Telesha and Jon (I can’t for

P&W stop and go, two Amtraks, a few boats, and the lift bridge…well, lifting

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:41:49 -0500

Busy week last week, and a busy weekend too, so I didn’t get a chance to post the stuff I shot last Friday (July 18th). Short story was this - I was able to head out for a bit last Friday and catch Providence & Worcester train NR-2 doing s

PW NR2, Amtrak Acela and the Saga Monal

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:07:14 -0500

Another hazy, hot & humid day today. But a gap in the schedule gave me a chance to head out and hopefully catch some rail action, and possibly some blue skies peeking through the clouds. Well, I ended up with both, along with a lumber ship at t

Three-fer Monday - Amtrak, NECR and P&W

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:37:48 -0500

Well, a gap in my schedule this morning let me get out for a bit into the hot & hazy morning. In the short time I was out, I caught a pair of Amtraks (one regional and one Acela), New England Central train NERWNE and Providence & Worcester t

Submariner Art

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:20:37 -0500

While zipping along the Web The Bull ran across a bit of “artwork” that he had not seen since his days at the New London Sub Base in Groton, CT. (Make you date late 1980.) As I recall, it was posted in several locations on base from the c

Time Warp 5 - 6/23 - The last P&W NR-2 over the old drawbridge

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:34:57 -0500

Ahhh, finally approaching current times. The 23rd was a foggy morning, and I was able to catch Providence & Worcester train NR-2 at the USS Nautilus overlook park and crossing the Thames River drawbridge. As it turned out, this was the last NR-

Time Warp 3 - 6/19 - NECR, P&W, a pair of Amtraks and how to get something big past the closed drawbridge

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:34:49 -0500

OK, still chipping away at the backlog. Three more posts including this one before the Thames River drawbridge swap. So without further adieu, here’s one from June 19th - I was able to catch New England Central train NERWNE, Providence &

Time Warp 2 - 6/18 - PW NR2 at Mill Cove, over the Thames and at Shaw’s Cove

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:42:29 -0500

Second catchup post. Beautiful blue skies and the Providence & Worcester back on the 18th, so I couldn’t pass it up. Short version is this - I caught NR-2 at Mill Cove, crossing the Thames River and rolling through New London under the su

Time Warp 1 - 6/17 - PW NR2, the Nautilus, Amtrak 171 and the drawbridge

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:34:00 -0500

OK, running a bit behind with the blog posts. Been busy at work, and now I’m down in Hershey, PA on a mini-vacation with the family. Yes, that means I missed the swap out of the Thames River drawbridge. Oh, well…you can’t win

Electric Boat Gets Work

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:52:00 -0500

The Electric Boat division of General Dynamics(GD) has been awarded a 13.7 million dollar Navy contract.They will carry out alterations of Ohio-class nuclear submarines.The work involves the D-5 Trident ballistic missile and the submarines' attack we

In a fog Monday morning

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:49:09 -0500

Pea soup on Monday morning. Yep, a foggy start to the week, but that didn’t really keep me from heading out and trying to catch some rail action. I did get lucky, though - caught New England Central train NERWNE heading back north in Waterfor

Hooker beater

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:24:42 -0500

Friday the 13th - PW, Amtrak, NECR and PW

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:57:12 -0500

Today started off with me thinking that I wouldn’t be able to take advantage of the gorgeous weather today. I had meetings scheduled this morning, and by the time they’d be over, I would have missed Providence & Worcester train NR-2.

Acela, freight & flowers

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:44:26 -0500

Phew, finally caught up completely! Shot these this past Tuesday the 3rd - I ended up catching Providence & Worcester train NR-2 at Mill Cove, and again crossing the Thames River, and sandwiched in between was a westbound Amtrak Acela crossing t

P&W, Amtrak 171 and work on the drawbridge

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:27:46 -0500

Getting caught up, finally. This one took place this past Monday. I was able to take advantage of the nice weather on Monday and get out to shoot Providence & Worcester train NR-2 in Ledyard, Groton and New London. Also, I nabbed Amtrak 171 cr

An all-EMD NR-2

Fri, 16 May 2008 20:01:58 -0500

Now that I’m back home, I decided to take advantage of a hole in my schedule and get out to shoot Providence & Worcester train NR-2 somewhere in Ledyard. As things turned out, not only did I catch them, but it was an interesting train - at

Lilacs and Locomotives

Sat, 10 May 2008 21:13:22 -0500

Well, back to normal on Friday. Spent the first 4 days of the week at an offsite department meeting (yes, a 4 day meeting…at least it was in Atlantic City), so I was really jonseing for some train action. So despite the pouring rain, I headed

Sunny day P&W, Amtrak and NECR

Thu, 01 May 2008 18:02:09 -0500

I was hemming and hawing about going out this morning. When I went out to get a coffee, I was convinced - bright blue skies were pouring through the skylights in the building. So instead of the coffee, I headed for the car. Hopefully I could catch

In the air from Morristown, NJ to Groton, CT

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:20:19 -0500

On my flight back from Morristown, NJ to Groton, CT I had my G9 with me. So I snapped a bunch of photos along the way - from the taxiway in NJ, to approach to Groton. They came out OK - it was quite turbulent, even the image stabilizer in the camer