Nomad of Mid-America
We Are the Champions
Skirting the mostly frozen pond discovered by following the moose tracks through the forest (moose tracks or rabbit tracks? Our party couldn't settle on a clear verdict), Canadian National's L53981 21--the local to L'Anse--nears Champion, MI, amidst a plethora of pristine winter wilderness enhanced by a light precipitation of powder. It's a long, slow journey to L'Anse, gingerly treading nearly 50 miles from the yard at Ishpeming on two roughly parallel, poorly-surfaced steel strips laid down for the DSS&A, never once exceeding an agonizing 10 mph over the 5-hour-plus trip. This is the Upper Peninsula, rugged and remote--the train will pass through almost nothing that qualifies as a population center at any point between origin and destination.
Alas, here we have another image suffering from quality and processing shortfalls due to the new camera capturing images in jpeg format instead of raw, consequences from a simple yet unfortunate oversight during the camera's initial setup. Manageable perhaps, but by no means perfect.
We Are the Champions
Skirting the mostly frozen pond discovered by following the moose tracks through the forest (moose tracks or rabbit tracks? Our party couldn't settle on a clear verdict), Canadian National's L53981 21--the local to L'Anse--nears Champion, MI, amidst a plethora of pristine winter wilderness enhanced by a light precipitation of powder. It's a long, slow journey to L'Anse, gingerly treading nearly 50 miles from the yard at Ishpeming on two roughly parallel, poorly-surfaced steel strips laid down for the DSS&A, never once exceeding an agonizing 10 mph over the 5-hour-plus trip. This is the Upper Peninsula, rugged and remote--the train will pass through almost nothing that qualifies as a population center at any point between origin and destination.
Alas, here we have another image suffering from quality and processing shortfalls due to the new camera capturing images in jpeg format instead of raw, consequences from a simple yet unfortunate oversight during the camera's initial setup. Manageable perhaps, but by no means perfect.