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8/15 – some time at Palmer

Tom Nanos — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:20:38 +0000

Still catching up on things here on the old blog. Here’s some stuff from back in the middle of August where I spent a bit of time up in Palmer, MA. It was a spur-of-the-moment decision to head up there,…

Midnight Moonshine Extra

Tom Nanos — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 02:35:44 +0000

Last Friday night the last cut of 40 ethanol cars made their way into Palmer, MA on the New England Central Railroad where a fresh crew picked them up for the trip south to New London, CT (for a look…

Tuesday night scan-o-rama

Tom Nanos — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:49:55 +0000

I was out sick again today, and there wasn’t much on TV, so no movie reviews tonight. But since I’m feeling better tonight, I decided to scan through some of my “reject” folders of slides. I, unlike some other photographers,…

Sunday Nighttime – PRWO, WODA and the G&U

Tom Nanos — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:06:01 +0000

So, as I had alluded to in my previous post, I had plans for Sunday evening. And those plans were to meet up with friend & fellow photographer Nick Palazini to do a little night shooting. We were…

A couple slide scans – Guilford & FEC

Tom Nanos — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:37:28 +0000

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…

The Anti-Snowbirds

Tom Nanos — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:04:42 +0000

Snowbirds – the term used for people who live here in the north and “migrate” south to Florida in the winters. As some of you may know, a pair of Florida East Coast Railway GP40s have been leased to the…

Some time in Beantown

Tom Nanos — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:42:48 +0000

Bob LaMay and I went up to Boston for our annual ritual on Saturday – attending the Mystic Valley Railway Society’s calendar judging luncheon. This event was for the MVRS’ 2011 calendar. And also as we usually do,…

Two-Fer-Tuesday on the NECR

Tom Nanos — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:35:45 +0000

On the first day of December, I had a small hole in my daytime schedule to get out for a bit. But as sometimes happens, things don’t go as planned. As I usually plan on doing, I was going to…

Berkshire Scenic Railroad Night Shoot

Tom Nanos — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:48:31 +0000

Saturday night I attended the Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum’s night shoot. This was the 4th year that they’ve done it, and as with the previous three times, I lent a hand and Steve Barry from Railfan…

PanAm Under The Stars

Tom Nanos — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:39:34 +0000

I had made plans with Nick Palazini to try and do a little shooting along PanAm Railway’s District 3 and 4 on Saturday night. Hopefully we would catch something along the way. Our plans started out as meeting up at…