Personally I really liked the higher contrast version better. They're both good, but I'm a particular fan of B&W high contrast work as a personal preference!
SRK
Dutch Flat Wrote:
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> Not bad. I was trying to remove as much of the
> haze as I could in my version which resulted in a
> darker silhouette of the train itself. I suppose
> if I really sat down and concentrated on this
> image I could sort of "dodge" the train and darken
> the background to get the final results I see in
> my head. But I get impatient to get on to the
> next photo, so there it is- Ha! Impatience!
> SR
>
> Also my vision has really deteriorated in the last
> few years- so I went "under the knife" last week.
> Cataract surgery. Hopefully my photowork will
> improve soon!