Flying high over the White River and Northern

This undated "aerial" shot shows some of the progress made from the previous image. Centered in the view is a farm beside a creek (still "dry" at the time). At the top right is the White River Junction passenger station; at the center far right is the Stephen A. Greene Charcoal Company; and just right of center on the bottom edge is the Bearcamp station. Arcing up from the lower left is a curved wooden trestle. The bright blotches scattered around the two stations are pieces of masking tape used to patch together the corrugated cardboard subroadbed.

Image specs: Originally a color Polaroid print, the lighting—provided by a single 60-watt desk lamp on my adjacent workbench—resulted in an almost unusable image (shown unprocessed at right); conversion to black and white literally saved this photograph. The only other digital manipulation was dust spec removal. Nothing could be done about the blur from camera shake, I'm afraid.

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