http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carferry/ This list concerns the railroad carferries that operated on the Great Lakes. Specifically, the list covers the remaining ferri Wed, 01 May 2013 14:14:01 GMT bc-rail@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carferry/message/7161 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carferry/message/7161 Some interesting reading about the Badger's new cylinder liners and other improvements. Sat, 20 Apr 2013 03:44:45 GMT Robert Strauss http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carferry/message/7160 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carferry/message/7160 The SS City of Milwaukee will embark on its 2013 season this weekend (April 20-21). The ship will be open from 11AM-4PM this weekend and the following weekend, Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:49:19 GMT ooo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carferry/message/7159 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carferry/message/7159 There's also the little steamer Sabino at Mystic Seaport. She burns coal; I have no idea what they do with the ash. Bill Worden Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:22:25 GMT Robert Strauss http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carferry/message/7158 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carferry/message/7158 The City of Milwaukee also has a Facebook page. It is a place to post photos, ask questions specific to the CoM, and also is an outlet the SPCM is using to Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:15:21 GMT Robert Strauss http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carferry/message/7157 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carferry/message/7157 SS City of Milwaukee/USCGC Acacia Special Events for 2013: Aug 9-11: Annual Reunion Weekend. Silent Auction to be held Saturday Aug. 10. Nautical collectables Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:04:26 GMT vanousterhout http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carferry/message/7156 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carferry/message/7156 As far as coal burners in North America, the former SS Energy Independence (now Energy Enterprise), built at the General Dynamics shipyard in Mass. in the Sun, 07 Apr 2013 00:19:23 GMT Robert VandeVusse http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carferry/message/7155 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carferry/message/7155 Great blog post! The only quibble I have is that there is another coal-fired vessel sailing in the Western Hemisphere. The RMS Segwun, which this year Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:24:18 GMT n9mep@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carferry/message/7154 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carferry/message/7154 Very good blog entry at..... http://www.ferrycabinnews.blogspot.com/ Gerry Swanson [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:49:31 GMT Bill Christopher http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carferry/message/7153 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carferry/message/7153 I seem to recall reading in several sources that the Badger burns about 35 tons of coal per crossing. Usually I've seen the coal truck dump a couple of loads Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:51:08 GMT Don Leistikow http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carferry/message/7152 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carferry/message/7152 TDunville: I agree... my point was (and has been) to allow the Badger to continue sailing until the fuel changeover takes place. That program is 'in the Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:46:44 GMT B http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carferry/message/7151 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carferry/message/7151 Don, I don't think much of anything burns coal anymore. The leading navies of the world quit burning coal around 1920 because it hampered battle operations - a Thu, 04 Apr 2013 05:00:50 GMT Don Leistikow http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carferry/message/7150 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carferry/message/7150 Group: Actually, I don't see that the two surviving cross lake ventures are in competition with each other. Each vessel serves different origins, Thu, 04 Apr 2013 03:19:21 GMT Allan Bigelow http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carferry/message/7149 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carferry/message/7149 Lake Express has a much smaller work force than LMC. I have seen in various places that Lake Express has an employee count is anywhere from 65 to 85 employees. Wed, 03 Apr 2013 02:05:10 GMT Robert Strauss http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carferry/message/7148 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carferry/message/7148 You would think that the lower crew costs (I believe the LE has 12-15 crew on board, LMC employs some 50-60, that's ship crew only, neither numbers include Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:24:51 GMT Allan Bigelow http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carferry/message/7147 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carferry/message/7147 While you can never be 100% sure what is on either companies books as far as profitability, Lake Express has in the past dropped several hints on their