Ssshhhhhh….PW Extra

On September 7th, the Providence & Worcester Railroad ran an extra from Worcester, MA down to Groton, CT, and I managed to photograph it between Central Village and Groton, while running into a couple other photographers along the way.  This is going to be one of the more vague posts, keeping some of the particulars out of it, along with a good chunk of the photos.  But trust me, you’ll get a flavor of what’s going on.  And if you want to see more of the photos, try and make it to my slideshow up at the Amherst Railway Society’s October meeting.  Some of the unseen will be seen there…

In the days leading up to the 7th, there was a DOD extra making its way across Norfolk Southern in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and up CSX through New York and Massachusetts.  Finally on Tuesday morning, the train made their way south on the P&W from Worcester, MA to Groton, CT, where they’d deliver a component of the newest Virginia class fast attack submarine to the Electric Boat shipyard.  I managed to catch it at a number of spots between Central Village and Groton, where I was joined by a couple other photographers – Nick Palazini and Rich Barnett.

Providence & Worcester OD Extra passes southbound through Central Village, CT
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Taken with	Canon EOS 40D
Date Taken	2010:09:07 09:59:21
Aperture	f/9.0
Exposure Time	0.002 s (1/500)
Focal Length (mm)	18.00 (18/1)
ISO	200

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Providence & Worcester OD Extra passes southbound through Central Village, CT

Providence & Worcester train NR-3 assembling their train to get out of the way of the OD Extra
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Taken with	Canon EOS 50D
Date Taken	2010:09:07 10:08:58
Aperture	f/9.0
Exposure Time	0.003 s (1/400)
Focal Length (mm)	87.00 (87/1)
ISO	200

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Providence & Worcester train NR-3 assembling their train to get out of the way of the OD Extra

PW OD Extra comes into view, as NR3s tail end power waits
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Taken with	Canon EOS 50D
Date Taken	2010:09:07 10:34:01
Aperture	f/9.0
Exposure Time	0.003 s (1/320)
Focal Length (mm)	179.00 (179/1)
ISO	200

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PW OD Extra comes into view, as NR3s tail end power waits

PW OD Extra rolls south under Route 12 in Jewett City, CT
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Taken with	Canon EOS 50D
Date Taken	2010:09:07 10:55:47
Aperture	f/7.1
Exposure Time	0.002 s (1/640)
Focal Length (mm)	24.00 (24/1)
ISO	200

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PW OD Extra rolls south under Route 12 in Jewett City, CT

PW OD Extra heads south through Norwich, CT
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Taken with	Canon EOS 40D
Date Taken	2010:09:07 11:26:40
Aperture	f/8.0
Exposure Time	0.002 s (1/500)
Focal Length (mm)	87.00 (87/1)
ISO	200

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PW OD Extra heads south through Norwich, CT

PW OD Extra shoves down the Old Groton Main past the Groton-New London airport
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Taken with	Canon EOS 40D
Date Taken	2010:09:07 13:34:48
Aperture	f/9.0
Exposure Time	0.002 s (1/500)
Focal Length (mm)	114.00 (114/1)
ISO	200

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PW OD Extra shoves down the Old Groton Main past the Groton-New London airport

PW OD Extra shoves into EB, with the USCG Eagle in the background
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Taken with	Canon EOS 50D
Date Taken	2010:09:07 14:04:48
Aperture	f/9.0
Exposure Time	0.003 s (1/400)
Focal Length (mm)	168.00 (168/1)
ISO	200

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PW OD Extra shoves into EB, with the USCG Eagle in the background

Thanks for looking!
Tom