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Soccer field before sunset

Will try to take multiple shots of this view at different times and with different gear to try to improve it but this is the starting point.

Anymore when I go railfanning, I set out with a specific goal in mind. It might be locomotives, signals or legacies from generations gone by. Such is the case seen here. On a recent weekend to visit friends in northwestern Indiana, I wanted to get pictures of M326 eastbound at the former Pere Marquette coal tower at New Buffalo. Sunday morning was our opportunity for photos. Around 9:00 am, M326 came charging east under the coal dock, built in 1929-30 by Roberts & Schaefer Co. of Chicago.

 

Arosa, Graubünden, Switzerland

It was simplicity that was the goal of this shot. A rock, a cloud, and the ocean. "Less is more", they say when it comes to life. Until it was discovered that a very wealthy individual coined the phrase, attempting to convince the less fortunate to accept their lot in life.

 

However, this simple phrase is true in photography. eliminating clutter does remove distractions. This is what the phrase is meant to illustrate. These are the simple goals that any photographer desires.

CP 7018 and UP 6310 guide Canadian Pacific train 286 South passed all the Milwaukee artifacts at Rondout Tower. Two heritage units from different era's.

 

Rondout, IL

2020.08.15

Därligen, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland

I finally finished, Eastern Hokkaido solo travel ended at Cape-Nosappu. - Nosappu 2017:10:21 05:50:44

the path, your path is the goal

The Naugatuck Railroad is that rather rare tourist railroad and museum which is also a common carrier freight railroad. However, as a non profit the freight revenue returns to support the ongoing preservation, restoration, and expanded excursion goals.

 

This view looks north near MP 6.9 on the Naugatuck Railroad's mainline as NAUG 686 shoves a cut of empty construction debris/trash gons north for storage on the mainline just south of the Thomaston Station since no passenger excursions were operating at the time during the museum's winter off season. This unit is an EMD GP9 painted in a scheme mirroring its original look as Norfolk and Western 686 for which it was built in Mar. 1959. It and sister 859 came here in 2019 from South Carolina's Hampton and Branchville Railroad.

 

The the train is passing under Reynolds Bridge which carries Waterbury Road (unsigned State Road 848) over the Naugatuck River. Built in 1928, it is one of a small number of surviving concrete open-spandrel arch bridges in the state. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. The bridge is a three-arch open spandrel concrete structure, with four concrete beam approach spans on either side. The main span is 169 feet long, while the secondary arches are each 97 feet; the brige has a total length of 487 feet. At the time of its construction in 1928, the open-spandrel design was used for long concrete bridge crossings, and this was the longest designed by the Connecticut State Highway Department up to that time. The Cornwall Bridge, built a few years later over the Housatonic River and railroad, has a longer span. It has also been featured here and photos of it can be found in my Housatonic album.

 

As for the railroad, the Naugatuck is the operating arm of the Railroad Museum of New England. Home to one of the largest collections of preserved historic railroad equipment in New England, RMNE and its predecessor organizations have been active since the 1960s and the RMNE name was adopted in 1987.

 

This line goes back to the original Naugatuck Railroad which was chartered in 1845, to be built between Bridgeport and Winsted, adjacent to the Naugatuck River. Construction began in April, 1848, and was completed by May, 1849. The first regular train service began June 11, 1849. The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad began leasing the Naugatuck in 1887; and formally merged it in 1906.

 

Passenger service between Waterbury and Winsted was discontinued in 1958. Facing hard economic times as a result of the decline of its New england industrial base in the 1960s, the New Haven Railroad became a part of the Penn Central merger on January 1, 1969. The branch line suffered during the Penn Central years, losing freight customers and falling into disrepair and was left out of inclusion in Conrail by the USRA's final system plan.

 

In 1976, the State of Connecticut stepped in to save the northern portion when it purchased the line between Waterbury and Torrington, and Conrail was named the designated operator. In 1982, Boston & Maine leased the line line when under progressive president Alan Dustin it expanded into Connecticut for the first time in its history. But traffic continued to decline on the route, and Guilford Rail system (owners of the B&M) discontinued regular freight service on August 2, 1995. The future of the line was in question. Looking for a new home where it could establish a tourist operation the RMNE moved from Essex on the Valley Railroad to Thomaston.

 

The RMNE restored the original Naugatuck Railroad name from 1845 when it obtained a state charter for its new wholly owned operating subsidiary on June 7, 1995. The first passenger trains ran in October of 1996. They operate regular excursion service on the southern portion of the lines and occasional charters and specials to the northern end in Torrington.

 

In 2016 the the NAUG also began regular freight operations when Cherry Hill Construction opened its brand new C&D Transfer Facility called Frost Bridge about 2.5 miles south of this point. To learn more about the Naugatuck's freight operations check out their page here: www.naugfreight.com/

 

Thomaston, Connecticut

Thursday January 22, 2026

Just a little more Saturday playtime after a couple of cups of coffee.

 

Jet with contrail through the goal posts. Alviso, California.

Ierapetra, Crete

Gorleston-On-Sea, UK, December 2023

I haven't got any grand travel plans for 2025. But that's OK as looking closer to home offers many possibilities. I would like to shoot more Jurassic Coast, Dartmoor and Cornwall.

 

And Somerset - I will be keeping a close eye on the redevelopment of this pier. I can't believe I have not shot Glastonbury Tor and then there is those skeleton trees near Exmoor.

 

So lots to think about and hopefully this Twixmas gloomy weather will pass. Please join me if anyone finds themselves down my way.

 

On another note will this Gavin and Stacey hype ever end? Only mentioning it as this is dead opposite Barry Island.

Pixie has been bored by all this rain and has had to resort to using her imagination. Here she is, after scoring the winner for Catford FC against Doggenham fc.

Saint-Maurice, Valais, Switzerland

My daughter and I are working our way through the Jamba Juice menu. It is our new goal to try everything they make.

The goal is that the agenda of tourism and culture elevates the art of dance and crafts mask traditions will be held in Cirebon. According Wilairso Dudung, one of the organizers, the festival will bring together a variety of types and character masks, including art performances that accompany the development of the mask of art in Indonesia.

 

"Our main purpose is the preservation of culture," said Dudung before performing a medley of dance mask from eight regions in Indonesia.

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