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Just a quick note that I’m participating in the 2009 Windham Photo Club’s Gallery Exhibit, which is free and open to the public. I’ve got 10 photos hanging amongst about 200 from various club members. I’ll be sitting on Saturday July 11th from 12-2PM, but if you want to arrange a time to come down, let me know. Here’s the details: Windham Photography Club Art Space Windham Gallery Open June 21, 27, 28, July 5, 11 & 12 From time to time I’ll get people asking me why I shoot what they consider to be mundane photos. By mundane, I mean trains that have run on the same schedule forever, or even pieces of railroad equipment that have been static for literally decades. Well, in most cases, especially with regards to railroading subjects, things can change in the blink of an eye, and that attitude of “oh, it’s been there forever, I’ll get it another day” suddenly turns to “oh, shit, I can’t believe I missed it!” Last Thursday (6/25/09) a nearly 4 decade fixture can no longer be photographed the way it has been for nearly all my life.
Tonight we had to go out to a graduation party in Glastonbury, and drove through that nasty thunderstorm (the one that spawned the tornado warning for the Willimantic area). We must have gone through close to the middle of it - wind, lightning, torrential rain and near golf ball sized hail. Anyways, after the party we made our way home, and as the girls were getting ready for bed, we had a nice little surprise. Yep, Providence & Worcester train NRWO, who usually runs from Plainfield to Worcester and back weeknight evenings, made their way out the Willimantic Branch this evening to work the interchange with the New England Central. And I just happened to catch them as they were heading out of town. Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there! This year my wife & daughters came up with a downright unique Father’s Day gift for me. Nope, not a tie or a coffee mug. But it is a shirt - but it’s not just any shirt. They came up with a pretty cool design on it.
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Today we were graced with something we haven’t seen in quite a while - blue skies and sunshine! So I had to take advantage of the great weather and get out. Of course, things didn’t exactly go as planned - but like always, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Just go with the flow, as they say, and things worked out just fine.
Gloomy, gloomy skies. Seems like that past few weeks have seen nothing but clouds, rain & storms. Well, this morning was no different - overcast, but no rain. But with a small hole in my schedule I decided to head out to see what I could see on a walk. As it turned out, it was more than just clouds.
So this morning I had a bit of time in my schedule to head out and take advantage of the nice weather and go for a walk. I decided on trying to get up to a spot a bit north and hopefully catch Providence & Worcester train NR-2 along the way. Well, I did catch NR-2 when I did my walk - and at three other spots along the way. Oh, yeah, and they did a little something out of the ordinary in Groton too. Glad I had the scanner on, or I would have missed it for sure. Keep reading to see what I’m talking about.
This past Saturday June 13th was the 6th Annual Night Photo Shoot at the Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum in Willimantic. We had to top 
Last Friday I had taken the day off, and had to head down to the shoreline to take care of something in the morning. As things worked out I ran into Providence & Worcester train NR-2 on the way down, but somewhat unfortunatley, it was in the pouring rain. Well, not really unfortunatley - the rain actually made the shots better, IMHO.