Wow, great to see a lot of Yoopers here! My layout (under construction) is based on Upper Peninsula railroading. I have LS&I, M&LS, DSS&A, SOO, E&LS, M&HM, Copper Range, Milwaukee Rd, and C&NW equipment - all of which operated in the Upper Peninsula. I'm a former and hopefully a returning resident, used to fire a 2-8-0 on the Marquette & Huron Mt RR in the 70's. Lived in da Soo, Marquette, & Negaunee.
Any of you still in the Marquette area, I will be bringing in my ship (I'm the captain) into the lower harbor on the 16th, staying through the 18th. It's the largest research vessel on the Great Lakes - the R/V Lake Guardian. Maybe I'll see ya!