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It’s that time of year again – calendar time! I haven’t done this in a few years, so I decided to give it a whirl for 2010. I’ve created a 12 month calendar featuring some of my recent night photography around Connecticut and Massachusetts – including both museum and commercial railroad operations titled Railroads After Dark – 2010 Calendar
As some of you may know a unit ethanol train ran between North Dakota and Providence, RI, carried by a various number of railroads – the last two were the New England Central and the Providence & Worcester. Well, as the schedule worked out, the NECR and P&W sections were to take place under cover of darkness. But that never stopped me, so I decided to head out and do a little nocturnal photography. Of course, that’s not all that came of this train – things changed after I left them in the wee hours.
So, as I had alluded to in my 
Sunday was an eventful day, photographically speaking. So I’ll be dividing it up into two parts – day and night. For the daytime, I had one chance encounter, and one planned. The chance involved the New England Central Railroad, and the planned was up at my alma mater – the University of Connecticut.
With a successful morning walk 
Had a bit of a frustrating day at work yesterday. So I decided I needed to get out and go on a nice walk somewhere to relax a bit this morning. And while I was contemplating where to go at my desk, I got my answer over the scanner. Well, at least it was the first part of my answer. Part two was decided on the road…
Well, all that rain we’ve been getting lately finally turned into some snow overnight and this morning. Granted it wasn’t sticking to the pavement all that much – but that was a good thing. It meant the ground would be somewhat white, and I could safely get there with my front wheel drive Hyundai.
I didn’t get a chance to head out today – kinda swamped at work. So instead of not posting anything, I took a break from the Olympics and scanned a couple slides in. At least we’ll keep things somewhat fresh here…granted the pictures are at least 6 years old…
My favorite time of year for shooting photos is winter time – cold, crisp air with the pure white snow on the ground, matched with some of it clinging to the bare tree branches, and of course a train rolling through it, giving the scene that New England post card look. Well, today didn’t have any of that whatsoever – even the “train” was questionable. While my fellow New Englanders to the north, and the folks to the south are enjoying (well, for some “enjoy” would be too strong of a word) the snowfall, those of us here in southern New England are stuck with rain and wind. But I decided to make the best of it anyways. And, yes, I did blow the alliteration in the title with sub - can’t think of a synonym for submarine that starts with a T. So be it…
I’m back in Connecticut now, so I figured that I could get back into the swing of things. I figured I could do the usual this morning – head out and catch Providence & Worcester train NR-2 while getting a little walk in. As it ended up, that almost didn’t happen.
Last week I was down in New Jersey again for work, and as has been my usual practice, the cameras and Lumedyne have come along for the ride. Instead of doing a post for each time I went out to shoot, I’m just going to roll everything up into one post…easier that way.