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About a week of P&W stuff
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | September 22nd 2008 by Tom Nanos
Well, the week is on the calendar. I’ve only got 3 times I went out shooting in that timeframe - September 11th, 16th and 19th. Anyways, two are of Providence & Worcester train NR-2, and the third was of a couple cars in Willimantic. read more
Monday morning shoot & run with NR-2
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | September 5th 2008 by Tom Nanos
This past Monday I had another small hole open up in my morning schedule. So like usual when that happens, I headed out to catch Providence & Worcester train NR-2. The question would be this - since I had only a small window of time to work wit read more
Some of the usual suspects - P&W NR2
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | September 1st 2008 by Tom Nanos
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. read more
RESULTS FROM "TITLE WAVE" AT MOHEGAN SUN
FIGHT NEWS UNLIMITED | August 29th 2008 by Rich Bergeron
RESULTS FROM MOHEGAN SUN August 29, 2008 – “Title Wave” HEAVYWEIGHTS Jason Estrada (14-1, 3 KOs), Providence, RI WDEC8 (79-73, 79-73, 79-73) Domonic Jenkins (13-9-1, 6 KOs), Dallas, TX CRUISERWEIGHTS Matt Godfrey (17-1, 10 KOs), Providence, R read more
Remillard earning bones vs. Mexican fighters
FIGHT NEWS UNLIMITED | August 28th 2008 by Rich Bergeron
Godfrey-Nwodo NABF title fight headlines Friday night’s “Title Wave” at Mohegan Sun UNCASVILLE, Conn. (August 27, 2008) – Mexican fighters are feared worldwide because of their toughness in the ring. WBC World Youth featherweight title-holder read more
Jason Estrada won’t get caught in trap fight
FIGHT NEWS UNLIMITED | August 25th 2008 by Rich Bergeron
Godfrey-Nwodo NABF title fight headlines Friday night’s “Title Wave” at Mohegan Sun UNCASVILLE, Conn. (August 25, 2008) – Others may consider his Friday night match-up against Texas champion Domonic Jenkins as simply a “stay busy” opport read more
Godfrey defends NABF belt vs. Nwodo on ESPN FNF
FIGHT NEWS UNLIMITED | August 14th 2008 by Rich Bergeron
“Title Wave,” Aug. 29 at Mohegan Sun UNCASVILLE, Conn. (August 13, 2008) – NABF cruiserweight champion Matt “Too Smooth” Godfrey defends his NABF cruiserweight title against Emmanuel Nwodo in the 12-round main event headlining “Title Wave read more
How to kill a mime, without making a sound.
Acorn King | August 14th 2008 by The Acorn King
I first moved to New York City from a small New England "cow town." I'm really not kidding about the cow town part. If you don't believe me, take a look at this Wikipedia page about my hometown. To back this up, I should also mention that in high sc read more
P&W stop and go, two Amtraks, a few boats, and the lift bridge……
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | July 21st 2008 by Tom Nanos
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 read more
NECR along the Thames
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | July 2nd 2008 by Tom Nanos
Intentions and reality do sometimes diverge, and today was one of those times. I was able to head out at my normal time to try to catch Providence & Worcester train NR-2 heading south through Ledyard. Well, as you can tell by the title of this read more
PW NR2, Amtrak Acela and the Saga Monal
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | July 1st 2008 by Tom Nanos
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 read more
Three-fer Monday - Amtrak, NECR and P&W
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | June 30th 2008 by Tom Nanos
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 read more
Time Warp 3 - 6/19 - NECR, P&W, a pair of Amtraks and how to get…
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | June 27th 2008 by Tom Nanos
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 & read more
Time Warp 2 - 6/18 - PW NR2 at Mill Cove, over the Thames and at…
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | June 25th 2008 by Tom Nanos
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 read more
Acela, freight & flowers
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | June 5th 2008 by Tom Nanos
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 read more
P&W, Amtrak 171 and work on the drawbridge
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | June 4th 2008 by Tom Nanos
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 read more
An all-EMD NR-2
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | May 16th 2008 by Tom Nanos
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 read more
Sunny day P&W, Amtrak and NECR
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | May 1st 2008 by Tom Nanos
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 read more
Home sweet home with the P&W and Amtrak
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | March 25th 2008 by Tom Nanos
Finally back home after a couple work trips. So this morning, I tried to head out and catch Providence & Worcester train NR-2 somewhere. Plus it’s been a while since I was able to shoot the good old P&W. So I did a few things when I read more
Friday - P&W NR-2 and Amtrak 190
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | March 8th 2008 by Tom Nanos
OK, part III of my catching up series - some shots from yesterday. I was able to get out yesterday and actually catch Providence & Worcester train NR-2 in Ledyard, taking advantage of the sunlight before the clouds rolled in later in the day. A read more
ICElla and NR-COLD!
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | February 11th 2008 by Tom Nanos
OK, really, really corny title here, but it was damned cold today! I guess my brain is still frozen… Like an idiot, I braved the below zero wind chills along the Thames River, but I had company to share the stupidity…and trains. read more
First day of February - NECR and P&W
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | February 1st 2008 by Tom Nanos
I had to go into work late this morning, so I had the scanner whirring away on my way in. Maybe I’d catch a little train action on my way, and with any luck I’d catch both the NECR and P&W - both would be in the area. OK, the title read more
On Frozen Pond
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | January 28th 2008 by Tom Nanos
I had to leave work early today for a family emergency, so my return to catching Providence & Worcester train NR-2 will be very brief. Read on… read more
NR-2 and NR-4 from a couple days ago.
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | January 18th 2008 by Tom Nanos
Busy times around the office lately. Still settling in from my recent office move, and things are picking up. So I didn’t get a chance to head out the past couple days and catch Providence & Worcester train NR-2. But I did get out Tuesda read more
P&W Day & Night
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | January 9th 2008 by Tom Nanos
Normally I post to my blog in the evening about what I did that day. But yesterday was different - I headed into Willimantic at the time I’d normally be writing this to photograph Providence & Worcester train NR-4. And as usual, I managed read more
Foggy Morning NR-2
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | December 27th 2007 by Tom Nanos
Rain, mist & fog. Not the best atmosphere for photography, well, unless you want the photos to have atmosphere. So I decided to head out despite the light drizzle falling amongst the low hanging clouds. My aim was Mill Cove in Ledyard to hopef read more
Boxing Day NR-2
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | December 26th 2007 by Tom Nanos
To all you Canadian readers out there - happy Boxing Day! Unfortunately, its not a holiday here in the States, so I had to drag my ass into work this morning. Oh, well - with most folks taking the rest of the week off, work would be light, and I read more
Back into the swing of things…almost.
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | December 18th 2007 by Tom Nanos
I did manage to get out this morning for a bit to hopefully catch Providence & Worcester train NR-2 heading south along the Thames River in Ledyard or Groton. I managed to get out at my usual time, hoping that NR-2 would be back to their “ read more
Some more black & white scans
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | December 10th 2007 by Tom Nanos
No time to get out today - not only was the weather crappy, but my schedule simply didn’t permit it. Oh, well. So I scanned a few 6×6 negatives in for your viewing enjoyment. I did finally get to processing the last roll of Kodak T-MAX read more
Brrrrrrrrr…and a few trains
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | December 4th 2007 by Tom Nanos
With the wind whipping today, it made an already cold morning seem even colder. In fact it didn’t warm up much by lunchtime either - it was just an all around cold day. But I did manage to make my way out this morning for my walk & caught read more
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