Some Things Just Can't be Fixed
That title describes the colors on this shot and the roundhouse area at Escanaba in 1984. The CNW would soon be moving to the crane plant on the other side of town and minimal money was being spent on the old roundhouse area. With all the different types of lighting on this I've probably wasted a couple hours trying to get some semblance of the right color but finally just gave up and posted it as a b&w. 6728 rests on one of the rough tracks at the Escanaba roundhouse in a rain storm on the night of April 28, 1984. Why I was out in that weather in the middle of the night 130 miles from home still leaves me wondering if maybe my railfanning big Alco;s had crossed a line somewhere into an obsession:). The smells of the oil soaked facility along with the exhaust from the rumbling beasts really stick with you. I can almost look at this shot and feel like I am still there.
Some Things Just Can't be Fixed
That title describes the colors on this shot and the roundhouse area at Escanaba in 1984. The CNW would soon be moving to the crane plant on the other side of town and minimal money was being spent on the old roundhouse area. With all the different types of lighting on this I've probably wasted a couple hours trying to get some semblance of the right color but finally just gave up and posted it as a b&w. 6728 rests on one of the rough tracks at the Escanaba roundhouse in a rain storm on the night of April 28, 1984. Why I was out in that weather in the middle of the night 130 miles from home still leaves me wondering if maybe my railfanning big Alco;s had crossed a line somewhere into an obsession:). The smells of the oil soaked facility along with the exhaust from the rumbling beasts really stick with you. I can almost look at this shot and feel like I am still there.