(Satellite, this was the southern dock)
(Satellite, this whole peninsula used to be a railroad yard)
(Satellite of Tug Ludington)
The Ann Arbor ran ferries to Frankfort, MI; and the Pere Marquette ran ferries to Ludington, MI. Now the town has no rail service.
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| Ricahrd Jahn posted Alcos working the ferry dock at Kewaunee. James Torgeson Alco locos and an EMD carferry! Craig Cloud Caboose serving as idler? Richard Jahn Yes Fred Firkus Good ol GB&W !!!!! |
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| Tom Carter shared his post I took the C&O "City of Midland 41" ferry across Lake Michigan to Kewaunee, Wisconsin, on August 30, 1981, to shoot trains around Green Bay and throughout the UP. I arrived in Kewaunee after dark and planned to sleep in my car in the parking lot at the dock so I could catch the Green Bay & Western unloading the City of Midland as well as any other activity that might occur through the night or early morning. I believe C424 312 and C420 323 (seen here) arrived an hour or so after we docked. The camera shutter was open for about 30 seconds using Kodachrome 64, obviously on a tripod. I was hoping those guys would move, but they did not, so my second hope was that they would stand still. Two pretty much did, but the third decided to walk around. When loading and unloading railroad cars they alternate sides and vary the number of cars moved at a time to keep the ship from listing excessively. Since the tracks are not deep in the hull, it doesn't take a lot of weight to create at least a minor list, as you can see in the lower photo. Lightweight idler cars are also placed between the engines and the freight cars so the heavy engines never actually enter the ferry. The City of Midland 41 made its first crossing in 1941 for the Pere Marquette Railway and remained in ferry service until 1988. |
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