Apr 24, 2020 · Railroad car ferry operations were once a mainstay in the Great Lakes State...not only in Detroit, but in Ludington with the C&O, the GTW at Muskegon, The AARR in Elberta, and Frankfort , and D&M/Soo Line @ Mackinaw City. and St Ignace.

Jul 6, 2008 · Also, the Great Lakes ferries were largely self-propelled, while the Port of New York was strictly car floats moved by tugs. All car ferry slips had adjustable ramps, either pivoted at the shore end or ‘rolling wedge’ type.

Feb 21, 2018 · In 1946 the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw arrived to help break ice, so the Chief and the other Railroad Car Ferry St. Marie II were not used as much. These two ferries were owned by the Mackinaw Transportation Company, which was owed by …

The Lake Constance train ferries linked lakeside railway stations in Austria (Bregenz), Germany (Friedrichshafen Hafen, Konstanz, Lindau-Insel) and Switzerland (Romanshorn).

Jun 5, 2017 · Sadly all that remains of the once glorious fleets of ferries are barges, scrap metal, and the forlorn abandoned ferry slips that dot the shoreline of Detroit, Windsor, Port Huron, and Sarnia.

Chessie's water-borne link between Ludington, Michigan and the Wisconsin ports of Milwaukee, Manitowac and Kewaunee, move 175,000 passengers, 50,000 autos and 100,000 cars of freight annually across Lake Michigan. Vacationists from many states choose C&O's cross lake short cut as pleasant and restful

SS Lansdowne was a railroad car ferry built in 1884 by the Wyandotte Shipyard of the Detroit Dry Dock Company. It was used as a steamer from 1884 until 1970 between Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario, across the Detroit River.

Below is a map illustrating both the existing and abandoned Great Lakes ferry routes during the high point of the rail car ferries, as well as the ports. The Ann Arbor routes out of Elberta, MI (or Frankfort on the map because it was the larger town) are labeled "AA."

Sep 28, 2017 · Joseph Provost posted three photos with the comment: "Construction and Launching of the Michigan Central Railroad ferry Detroit at the Great Lakes Engineering Works circa 1904, later struggling in the Detroit River ice."

Sep 14, 2021 · Joseph Provost posted three photos with the comment: "Construction and Launching of the Michigan Central Railroad ferry Detroit at the Great Lakes Engineering Works circa 1904, later struggling in the Detroit River ice."