• Former Chessie / C&O Ferry "City of Midland 41" off Chicago

  • Discussion of the operations of CSX Transportation, from 1980 to the present. Official site can be found here: CSXT.COM.
Discussion of the operations of CSX Transportation, from 1980 to the present. Official site can be found here: CSXT.COM.

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  by Tadman
 
For those of you that love the PM/C&O/Chessie cross-lake ferries like I do, the PM41 barge - formerly "City of Midland 41" - is anchored off 35th street Chicago. It's still got very ship-like lines despite the fact it's a barge now. It hauls aggregates for construction projects, one of which it's on now. This ferry once carried 34 freight cars/trip across Lake Michigan in all four seasons, including thick ice.