C&O's "The Golden Link" (C&O's Carferry Promo Film)

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This was a promotional film for the C&O railway's carferry operation based out of Ludington, Michigan. This film was made in 1960 during the peak or golden era of the carferries on Lake Michigan. During this era, 6 carferries were running in and out of Ludington. Today, only the Badger remains in service. However, it no longer carries rail cars, but carries leisure passengers and automobiles. You can ride the Badger from May to October. The Badger runs between Ludington and Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Learn more: www.ssbadger.co...
Carferries included in video:
Badger
City Of Midland 41
City Of Flint 32 or City Of Saginaw 31
Video by: Fred A. Niles Productions
Video provided by: Bob Kalal

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27 сен 2024

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@ThisWorks4Me 3 месяца назад

Glad to have found this video. I have taken the Badger many a time across the lake, although a little later than this video.

@txfromwi1947 2 года назад

Took the Badger from Ludington to Manitowoc about 2 weeks ago. Can’t say enough good things about the entire experience!

@WAL_DC-6B 11 лет назад

Thanks for uploading this C&O (Chesapeake & Ohio RR) promo movie from back when the this railroad still took pride in its rail, auto and passenger Lake Michigan ferry service.

@happyhighway106 2 года назад

I wheeled/helmed these vessels when I was a young man. The last time I took the bull bye the horns was in June, 1978. The SS Badger 43, Ludington to Milwaukee and back! I also wheeled/helmed the SS City of Green Bay (ex SS Wabash) working for the Ann Arbor Railroad. All vessels were built to break ice in the Winter months.

@BarronVonHopper 10 лет назад

Great glimpse into the past, Thanks for posting!

@commodoresixfour7478 2 года назад

Yep. The Great Lakes are no joke!

@uhlijohn 2 года назад

I sailed on the Badger while it was still transporting rail cars. I believe it was the GBW that provided the means to load the ferry with rail cars at that time. I have traveled on the Badger many times but it was the late 1980s or early 1990s when I sailed on her with the rail cars. I do not know when they stopped shipping rail cars but I imagine it was the early or mid 1990s.

@LoovesJf. 27 дней назад

When did it stop working with the railway and why? Today, we can see traces of the tracks on Badger's deck, and many cars are loaded over them.

@davidchapman1519 Год назад

And remeber kids, you can still ride the Badger today!!

@itzjustbryan123 11 месяцев назад

2:02 City of midland 41 whistle

@bradfordthompson8326 3 года назад

In God Prayers they will once again ship Railway cars again by boats

@RDC_Autosports 4 года назад

do they still do this?

@francoisross2480 2 года назад

Just the Badger, the ship in the movie. It only carries cars and trucks now, rail cars stopped many years ago..

@Pinkfloydisme63 8 лет назад

Gosh , those cars ... You American folks will never fully understand the meanings it has for us European teens ...

@lcar4000 7 лет назад

those cars still mean a lot to me, today

@etmccaus 6 лет назад

Totally get it - but have to admit that 190SL in the background at the very beginning is also something quite special... :-)

@AdrianHeimdallCabatic 7 дней назад

It is not a horn

@apocalypserailroad9047 4 года назад

Unfortunately, "the Golden Link" no longer exists, kinda like this country!!!!

@heyitshuttz3705 4 года назад

Train Nerd huh, a hoax?

@emknapp6713 4 года назад

The S.S. Badger still runs Automobile and Passenger service between Ludington and Manitowoc during the summer months.

@allenwinston9225 2 года назад

This when we had an industrial local economy.

@geoffreylee5199 6 лет назад

Three to four hour trip?

@aimee-lynndonovan6077 2 года назад

How many knots? I missed the point of why passengers need cabins?🤔

@fumingriley Год назад

He stated 18mph so a little over 15 knots. The longest route, Milwaukee to Ludington, took approx 6hrs so not sure why you'd want a cabin

@leroyjones6958 2 года назад

Happy, civilized, regular, hard-working, real actual people! That is what we used to have before the rabble rousers destroyed it!

@danielbissell8988 5 лет назад

Actually there were 7 car ferries running out of Ludington when this was made! Newest to oldest. The Badger, Spartan, City of Midland 41, City of Flint 32, City of Saginaw 31, Pere Marquette 22 and 21.

@Robbi496 7 лет назад

OMIGosh! Full Service gas Stations!!!

@willygoat9390 2 года назад

WAS THAT A FUCKING BREAKFAST DRIVE-IN AT THE BEGINNING??

@RHJ3 3 года назад

Nice video, thanks for sharing it. I noticed on Google Earth that the Spartan is at the dock in Ludington MI. Is it a museum or are there any plans for it?