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Railroad: Michigan-Wisconsin Transportation Company
Chesapeake & Ohio railroad → Michigan-Wisconsin Transportation Company → Ended
Incorporated: 1983 - To operate rail and car ferry between Michigan and Wisconsin ports.
Operation includes the S. S. Badger, S. S. Spartan and City of Midland.
Operates for 7 years.
Closed: 1990. November.
Reference: [MRRC]
Notes
Time Line
1983. July. The Chesapeake & Ohio sells its three remaining ferries, the S.S. Badger, S.S. Spartan and City of Midland, to new owners Glen Bowden and George Towns. The car ferry service operates under the new name of the Michigan-Wisconsin Transportation Company (MWT).
1990. November. MWT ceases operations, bringing a halt to a century of railroad car ferry service between Michigan and Wisconsin.
Bibliography
The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:
- [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
- [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
- [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
- [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
- [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI