Recent Digital Photos
by Mike Condren
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52 Years of Railroad Photography
1960-2012
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Friday July 20, 2012
Ride Amtrak Chicago/Milwaukee and
S S Badger Manitowoc, WI to Ludington, MI
| Tony and I walked up the ramp in an attempt to flag down a taxi. I got this shot of the "private cars" in the coach yard. |
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| We caught this in-bound Metra before we finally got a taxi. |
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| The clouds had given way to clear skies before we reached Milwaukee where I shot the head-end of our train. |
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| Tony had a luxury van waiting for us in Milwaukee to take us to Manitowoc and the S S Badger. We stopped at this Culver's on the edge of Manitowoc for lunch. |
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| Our goal, at last! |
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| These pieces of a wind turbine tower will join us on our trip across Lake Michigan. |
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| Here is a load of coal backing onto the ferry to dump its load, the fuel for our trip. |
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| Here are some views of the S S Badger before we sailed. |
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| Across the river was the Wisconsin Maritime Museum and WWII submarine SS Cobia. |
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| Here is the entrance through the break water at Manitowoc. |
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| Andy and Dominic Marchiando were also inspecting the S S Badger. |
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| It is time to board! |
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| In boarding we passed through the vehicle deck, note the two levels for storing cars. |
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| Her is the sun deck on the bow of the boat. It was always in full use during our trip. |
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| These are the coal piles for the S S Badger. |
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| Here is the smoke stack with coal smoke coming out. |
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| Note the tracks coming down the hill which once led to the landing for the railroad car ferries like the S S Badger. |
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| Loading the parts of the wind turbine tower. |
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| The last of the vehicles. |
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| Cast off all lines, ahead slow. |
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| Leaving Manitowoc, WI |
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| Flood gate down |
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| No land, Michigan in view |
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| Cruising across Lake Michigan at about 15 knots. |
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| Laying a trail of black smoke. |
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| Builders plate |
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| Marchiandos |
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| Wisconsin is out of sight. |
Michigan is out of sight. |
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| Indiana is out of sight. |
Upper Michigan is out of sight. |
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| Our colors were flying from the rear of the boat. |
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| Ludington, MI straight ahead. |
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| This is the control station at the rear of the boat, used for landing. |
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| S S Spartan at dock in Ludington. |
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| Here is the landing for Ludington, MI. |
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| I took this shot of the S S Spartan after we docked in Ludington, MI. |
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