Stafford Springs
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Three Views at Stafford Springs.
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Yesterday I processed a month’s worth of black & white film; two carefully-exposed rolls of 35mm Ilford HP5.
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New ENgland Central November Sunrise at Stafford Springs
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Working with my FujiFilm XT1, I exposed this 90mm view of the northward New England Central freight as it crossed Route 32 in the center Stafford Springs, Connecticut.
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New England Central 608 at Stafford Springs—Part 4.
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Last Tuesday: Another sunny afternoon, and so another opportunity to photograph 608 New England Central rolling through downtown Stafford Springs, Connecticut!
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New England Central 608 Stafford Springs—Part 3.
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As New England Central 608 approached downtown Stafford Springs on January 14, 2019, I set my Nikon F3 to expose a textured image.
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Stafford Springs and New England Central 608: Part 2.
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In fact, I’ve been photographing trains passing this Connecticut village since the early 1980s, but I find it always helps to try to look at an old place with fresh eyes.
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New England Central 608 at Stafford Springs, Connecticut: Part 1.
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In recent months, New England Central’s Willimantic-Palmer freight, job 608, has been largely nocturnal while the railroad undertook a major rehabilitation program. New rail, ties and crossing protection have been installed. The switches at State Line are improved. And the…
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Frosty Morning Stafford Springs; White Balance.
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I made these views of New England Central job 608 working timetable northward at Stafford Spring, Connecticut. It was about 7:30am, and the sun was just tinting the eastern sky. Rather than set my camera with ‘auto white balance’ (a…
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Sunrise on the New England Central—Working with RAW.
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A side-benefit for me of transatlantic jet lag is that I’m wide awake for sunrise. The other day, I drove to Stafford Springs, Connecticut as the sun was rising. Typically New England Central 608 passes the village between 7 and…
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Orcuttville in the Fog, New England Central 608 on the Roll.
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A thick layer of fog in Stafford, Connecticut made for an excellent environment for dramatic photos. New England Central 608 (Willimantic – Palmer way freight) was on its northward leg, when I caught it approaching Connecticut Route 319 at Orcuttville….
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New England Central—Southward with 608 on May 17, 2017.
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Earlier in the month I’ve highlighted various photographic adventures with New England Central 608 (freight that works from Willimantic, Connecticut to Palmer and back). Today’s post focuses on the southward journey. Over the years, I’ve photographed many trains climbing the…
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New England Central—Making the Most of a Sunny Morning.
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Lately, New England Central’s (NECR) Willimantic-Palmer freight 608 has been running on favorable schedule for photography. If you’ve been following Tracking the Light lately, you might have gleaned the mistaken impression that New England Central’s northward freight can only be…
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Making use of a dull Morning—Another Take of 608.
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So, if I called this Stafford Springs, Connecticut Part 3, would you be interested. In truth, this is less about Stafford and its morning freight train and more about lighting and technique. In two previous posts [see: New England Central…
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New England Central at Stafford Springs, Connecticut—Again.
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Call this ‘Part 2’—More hard light. A few days ago, I displayed black & white photos I made at Stafford Springs, Connecticut in hard morning sunlight. See: Going Against the Grain. Where the earlier images used an unusual film type…
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Going Against the Grain.
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Sometimes, I push the limits. The other morning in Stafford Springs, Connecticut, I exposed this view of New England Central’s northward freight that runs daily from Willimantic, Ct., to Palmer, Massachusetts. The train was coming hard out of a clear…
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New England Central at Stafford Springs—August 23, 2016.
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The familiar sound of 645 thunder down in the valley spurred me into action. A southward New England Central freight was climbing Stateline Hill in Monson, Massachusetts. This is an old routine (and yes, I’ve written about this before.) When…
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Snow and Old EMD Diesels: Stafford Springs February 1985.
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It was a great day for black & white photography. Fluffy snow had been falling all morning. Central Vermont’s freight arrived in Palmer and quickly organized to continue south. I followed the train’s steady progress over State Line Hill, then…
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New England Central Job 610—Genesee & Wyoming Style
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A Pair of Pumpkins on the Move. Genesee & Wyoming acquired Rail America some months back and so now New England Central is one of the many G&W family railroads. While several locomotives have been painted in the new corporate…
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New England Central, South of Stafford Springs, July 16, 2013
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Today’s Freight. I rarely post photos the same day I make them. Today is an exception. Why? Because, I feel like sharing this image now rather than waiting. It’s a photo I made a little more than an hour…
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Clearing Snow After the Blizzard: February 10, 2013
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The media loves storms; and they always have. New England’s first big snowfall of the on February 8th and 9th, seems to have made news everywhere. Friends from London called to say that the New England storm was a lead-in…