Tuesday day and night

Yesterday I was able to get out for a bit to catch Providence & Worcester train NR-2 in the morning – trying to take advantage of some of the last remaining fall color down in southeastern Connecticut.  In addition to that, later in the evening I managed to catch a quick shot of New England Central train NERWPA heading back to Palmer, MA under cover of darkness.  And this was ironically right after I finished up giving a presentation on night flash photography to the camera club I belong to.

Tuesday morning I managed to head out and catch a short P&W NR2 at Erickson Park and Mill Cove in Ledyard, then at the USS Nautilus overlook park in Groton.  There was some color left on the trees at both locations, but the majority had already fallen to the ground.  I think I did OK considering the limited fall color remaining on the trees.

Providence & Worcester train NR-2 appears at the north end of Mill Cove amongst some of the last remaining fall color

Taken with	Canon EOS 50D
Date Taken	2009:11:03 10:02:56
Aperture	f/9.0
Exposure Time	0.003 s (1/400)
Focal Length (mm)	50.00 (50/1)
ISO	200

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NR-2 heads south along Mill Cove with some of the remaining fall color

Taken with	Canon EOS 50D
Date Taken	2009:11:03 10:03:01
Aperture	f/9.0
Exposure Time	0.003 s (1/400)
Focal Length (mm)	18.00 (18/1)
ISO	200

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NR-2 and a nice reflection head south along Mill Cove

Taken with	Canon EOS 50D
Date Taken	2009:11:03 10:03:13
Aperture	f/9.0
Exposure Time	0.003 s (1/400)
Focal Length (mm)	18.00 (18/1)
ISO	200

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NR-2 and its reflection head south along Mill Cove in Ledyard

Taken with	Canon EOS 50D
Date Taken	2009:11:03 10:03:16
Aperture	f/9.0
Exposure Time	0.003 s (1/400)
Focal Length (mm)	33.00 (33/1)
ISO	200

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NR-2 rolls over the inlet to Mill Cove

Taken with	Canon EOS 40D
Date Taken	2009:11:03 10:03:02
Aperture	f/8.0
Exposure Time	0.003 s (1/400)
Focal Length (mm)	148.00 (148/1)
ISO	200

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NR-2s tail end heads behind the trees at the south end of Mill Cove

Taken with	Canon EOS 40D
Date Taken	2009:11:03 10:03:10
Aperture	f/9.0
Exposure Time	0.003 s (1/400)
Focal Length (mm)	200.00 (200/1)
ISO	200

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NR-2 rolls south past the USS Nautilus in Groton, CT

Taken with	Canon EOS 50D
Date Taken	2009:11:03 10:10:38
Aperture	f/9.0
Exposure Time	0.003 s (1/400)
Focal Length (mm)	18.00 (18/1)
ISO	200

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NR-2s trailing power heads past the USS Nautilus

Taken with	Canon EOS 50D
Date Taken	2009:11:03 10:10:48
Aperture	f/9.0
Exposure Time	0.003 s (1/400)
Focal Length (mm)	18.00 (18/1)
ISO	200

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NR-2s trailing power heads behind the trees at the USS Nautilus overlook park

Taken with	Canon EOS 50D
Date Taken	2009:11:03 10:10:52
Aperture	f/9.0
Exposure Time	0.006 s (1/160)
Focal Length (mm)	18.00 (18/1)
ISO	200

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With those shots in the bag, I headed back to the office.

Later that night, like I mentioned above, I put on a presentation at my camera club – the Quiet Corner Camera Club – on how to do nighttime flash photography, using quite a few of my railroad shots as examples.  During the presentation, one of the members heard horns going by, which turned out to be NECR train NERWPA heading from Palmer down to Willimantic.  Well, on the way home – which goes right by the yard in Willimantic – I saw the train preparing to head back north.  So I made a little detour, and headed for the Eagleville Dam area to set up a shot.

I got things set up and waited – but I didn’t have to wait long for NERWPA to show up.  Since they had a pretty dull looking CSOR B39-8 in the lead, I shot the second, and more interesting, unit in the consist – a New York Susquehanna & Western SD70M.  OK, to be honest, I botched the first shot – I had forgot that the flash doesn’t fire when the camera is in Live View mode.  Won’t make that mistake again…  Anyways, here’s the shot – nothing special, but worth the try.

NYSW SD70 in the consist of NECR train 610, heading north past Eagleville Dam in Mansfield, CT

Taken with	Canon EOS 50D
Date Taken	2009:11:03 22:32:38
Aperture	f/5.6
Exposure Time	0.006 s (1/160)
Focal Length (mm)	18.00 (1800000/100000)
ISO	1600

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With that in the bag, I then packed up my gear as the train rolled past me, and headed back home for the evening.

Thanks for looking!
Tom