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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
Climate Change Means More Floods for a Drying Thames Basin
Net News Publisher | August 1st 2008 by Terry
A drying Thames river basin in the UK would still face five times the current risk of flooding by 2080, a recent assessment of the effects of climate change has found. The Thames Vulnerability Assessment Report prepared by WWF-UK also found dire resu read more
William Blake
Daily Art ( mas o menos) | July 27th 2008 by drb
The poetry of William Blake is inseparable from the manner in which he printed it: original engravings which he then painted, usually with watercolor.Printed lines of poetry in Roman characters are not Blake's work.If you are not lucky enough to see read more
Red Bull Air Race London
Wadblog: Make Money Online | July 26th 2008 by Paul Lee
For the second year running, the Red Bull Air Race is coming to East London, so there will be aircraft whizzing madly up and down the River Thames just in front the O2 next weekend. A friend of mine has front row seats as his Office is based at Trini 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
Extreme 40's in London - Sailing on the Thames
YachtPals.com | July 21st 2008 by YachtPals
YachtPals.com 21 Jul Extreme 40's in London - Sailing on the ThamesLondon, UK - Take four world-class racing boats with top crews, add water and wind. Now stand back and watch. With a rumor that London has been shortlisted for the iShares Cup 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
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
London Eye
Escape of a Creative Spirit | June 30th 2008 by noodlita
Another new view of the London Eye from a ferry between Tate Britain and Tate Modern. 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 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
The call that never came
FCHouse | June 26th 2008
.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } The call that never came, originally uploaded by Carlo Nicora. Some calls are meant to find you whether you want them or not but other, those you waited for long, never came. She was sta 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
Happy Camping
justalittlepeek-justalittlepeek | June 23rd 2008 by Cattoo
I'm back :-)Well we didn't go to Robinhoods Bay, we followed the sun and ended up staying at The Elms Caravan & Camping Park for 3 nights, which is based in Epping Forest near London. This is a great place to stay, as you can both enjoy the ope read more
Beneath the pavement, the Beach
The Birds In The Meadow | June 17th 2008 by Bird
This weekend we felt giddy with summer and took a spontaneous day trip along the always festive South Bank. There is usually something entertaining happening there; this time it outdid itself. We’d forgotton that it was the day of the Coin Stre 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
Zeppelin on UK
I love kaftans. I love Stories. | June 15th 2008 by Chic Madame
I read from the Times Online UK that some zeppelins will be flying above London. It’s German operated. 30 minutes tours are expected starting from £185. Very interesting. Chic Madame. 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
London’s Lost Rivers
Jon Tillman . com | June 8th 2008 by Jon Tillman
The easiest pub quiz question in the world: name a river that flows through London. Answer: the Thames. A somewhat more difficult question: name another river that flows through London. Or a third, fourth, or fifth. Copyright © 2007This Feed is 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
Imagine a Violinist on the Thames
FCHouse | June 4th 2008
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Imagine a Violinist on the Thames, originally uploaded by Carlo Nicora 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
P&W, Amtrak, cars, boats and geese
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | June 3rd 2008 by Tom Nanos
After the long Memorial Day weekend (I’ll have photos from the Lebanon, CT Memorial Day Parade sometime in the next few days if you’re interested), and having meetings all last week, I finally got out last Thursday to catch Providence read more
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