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Oak Island and Newark Penn Station
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | August 28th 2008 by Tom Nanos
Finally, caught up! This past Tuesday I had to head down to NJ for work, and like I usually do, I took the Acela from New London down to Newark Penn Station. On my way back to drop the rental car off in the afternoon, I decided to check things out read more
3rd Annual Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum Night Photo Shoot
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | August 28th 2008 by Tom Nanos
This past Saturday was the third annual Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum’s Night Photo Shoot - one of the two regular shoots I participate in, and help plan (the other being the CT Eastern RR Museum in Willimantic - here’s the CERM 2008 ni read more
8/21 - P&W NR-2 at Mill Cove, and a pair of Amtraks over the Tham…
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | August 28th 2008 by Tom Nanos
Getting closer…now we’re up to what I shot last week! Providence & Worcester train NR-2 shifted their schedule recently. They’re now coming into Groton around 8:30AM, which actually makes it easier for me to get out and catch read more
Newark Penn Station
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | August 27th 2008 by Tom Nanos
OK, now we skip forward a bit - 18 days to be exact. Yep, eighteen days! Work has me going straight out, so I haven’t been able to shoot much (and obviously write blog posts). But I’ve also had to travel to New Jersey a couple times fo read more
Nearly a month ago - P&W NR2 and Amtrak in Groton
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | August 27th 2008 by Tom Nanos
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 read more
Thames River Draw slideshow this Sunday
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | August 14th 2008 by Tom Nanos
Just a little heads-up if you’re interested. I’ll be putting on a slideshow this Sunday evening, August 17th, at the Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum’s membership meeting. It’s at 7pm in the conference rooms at Windham Ho read more
Between Dusk and Dawn
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | August 5th 2008 by Tom Nanos
One of the discussion groups I’m on has been talking about night photography lately. That discussion prompted me to go through my stuff and pick out some of what I thought were my better images taken between dusk and dawn - both using artifici read more
DINA 2008 - Trains, boats & the Branford Police
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | August 5th 2008 by Tom Nanos
Last weekend - July 26th to be precise - was the magazine Railroads Illustrated’s Day In North America feature. This is when the magazine picks one day and tells photographers to go out and shoot on that day. They then publish one issue with read more
Quickie NECR in Willimantic
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | August 3rd 2008 by Tom Nanos
OK, behind again in the posts. Got a few to catch up on - so here’s the first, which is from July 24th when I caught New England Central train NERWPA in Willimantic doing some switching in the yard. read more
Quick NECR afternoon chase
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | July 21st 2008 by Tom Nanos
On my way out of work today, I called my wife to see what she wanted to do for dinner. Well, she was still out at her sister’s house (and pool) and was planning on having dinner with the kids there. So that left me a little time this afternoo 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
Riding the Acela & Shooting at Newark Penn Station
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | July 17th 2008 by Tom Nanos
I had to head to New Jersey for the day for work on Tuesday the 15th, and since my employer canceled the air shuttle between Groton and Morristown, NJ, I figured the Acela was my best bet for travel. A bit shorter than driving down there, and a bunc read more
A week of fog, trains, bugs & a flower
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | July 16th 2008 by Tom Nanos
Yeah, a little behind again. Work & family stuff have their way of getting in the way of blogging… But that’s OK - at least I’ve got a quick chance to catch up. Oh, yeah, and I tweaked the blog software a bit - specifically i read more
Sunset over CONN
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | July 6th 2008 by Tom Nanos
I had to head to Old Lyme this afternoon to do a little electrical work at my parent’s place. By the time I finished up, the sun was getting low in the sky, so I decided to swing by the Connecticut River drawbridge on my way home to get a coup read more
Shore Line in the mist
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | July 5th 2008 by Tom Nanos
Well, today I did something a bit different. I headed down to the shore line to catch some AM action on Amtrak. Well, I got an email from a friend that the Providence & Worcester would be running an extra from New Haven to New London with some 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
Thames River Drawbridge Swap - Part Two
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | June 30th 2008 by Tom Nanos
And now for part two of my coverage of the Thames River drawbridge swap out. Obviously I missed the actual swap, but I did get down to Groton the day after the span was changed. But I did get a little bonus - I caught the old span being towed away read more
Thames River Drawbridge Swap - Part One
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | June 29th 2008 by Tom Nanos
Ahhh, finally caught up. Well, almost. Before our trip to Hershey, PA this past Tuesday, I was able to head down to Groton to get a few shots of the drawbridge as the contractors were preparing to pull the old bascule span out. Unfortunatley, it t read more
Time Warp 5 - 6/23 - The last P&W NR-2 over the old drawbridge
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | June 27th 2008 by Tom Nanos
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- read more
Time Warp 4 - 6/20 - Rock Cats at Defenders
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | June 27th 2008 by Tom Nanos
To quote John Cleese in Monty Python’s Flying Circus, and now for something completely different. A friend of mine won skybox tickets to a New England Defenders game at Dodd Stadium in Norwich, where they were playing cross-state rivals the Ne 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
Time Warp 1 - 6/17 - PW NR2, the Nautilus, Amtrak 171 and the dra…
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | June 25th 2008 by Tom Nanos
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 read more
CERM 5th Annual Night Photo Shoot
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | June 17th 2008 by Tom Nanos
A few days old, but finally here it is. This past Saturday Bob LaMay & I put on the fifth annual Night Photo Shoot at the Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum in Willimantic. Well, it almost didn’t happen because of the heavy thunderstorms read more
In a fog Monday morning
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | June 17th 2008 by Tom Nanos
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 read more
Friday the 13th - PW, Amtrak, NECR and PW
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | June 13th 2008 by Tom Nanos
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. read more
Thames River Draw and the NECR
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | June 12th 2008 by Tom Nanos
I had to go into work late today for a doctor’s appointment, so I swung by to check out the Thames River drawbridge, and of course play with the new 40D. Then after I got home, I had to go into Willimantic to get something at the hardware stor read more
Yesterday - Sub, Acela, crane and the new bridge
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | June 10th 2008 by Tom Nanos
Damn it’s hot…I managed to get a few shots in yesterday - I had to come in late to work (kids were sick), and I bagged a sub leaving for sea, as well as a heavy crane that was brought in to remove the counterweight on the existing bascule read more
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