C&O S.S. Badger

Not even the CO2 you exhale is safe from the insatiable "need" of the politicians to pick your pockets.

Thanks for posting this, I've been interested in this topic since it came up in a previous post:

Question about Great Lakes Car Ferries and their Cargo

We've gone from literally thousands of coal fired ships dumping ash in the lake to ONE, and the environmentalists are still going nuts. *shaking my head*

If you put forth the arguments proving that these people are, indeed, "wacko", you'll be denounced as the most neanderthal sort of dumba--.

Trouble is, that you're right and they are wrong.  They've accumulated so much momentum in recent years that their arguments don't have to make sense; our giverment can use their misbegotten ideas to extract more and more of our hard-earned tax dollars.

Alas . . .

EdKing

I am glad she will be sailing again at least for another year.  I hope to sail on her before she is put out of commission for good.  Just need to find a good reason to go to WI!

 A couple of things to do in Manitowoc while waiting to catch the ferry. A house designed by famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright is available to rent. It's located a short drive away in Two Rivers.   http://www.theschwartzhouse.com/Home.html   In Manitowoc, the Maritime Museum is a nice way to spend a few hours. The highlight here is touring the submarine USS Cobia.  http://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/index.php   My wife and I did both a few years ago and enjoyed our visit a lot.

You are also about 45 minutes south of the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay (www.nationalrrmuseum.org , as well as Lambeau Field http://www.packers.com/lambeau...d/stadium-tours.html

and the Packers Hall of Fame. www.packershalloffame.com .

A half hour south of Manitowoc brings you to Kohler and one of the best industrial tours I ever took through their Kohler manufacturing plant.and an amazing Kohler showroom of their latest designs.

http://www.us.kohler.com/us/In...ontent/CNT400040.htm

Another hour South and you're in Milwaukee.....

Good news indeed!  Senator Durbin is an idiot.  As mentioned above, there were many, many coal fired ships on the Lakes for the last 150 years or so, and no permanent effects caused by the ash has been shown.  Most of the heavy metals in the system came from dumping chemicals or from airborne pollution.  I ride the Badger on at least one round trip each year.

Re stuff to do in WI: The National Railroad Museum in Green Bay is worth a visit, Titletown Brewery and Restaraunt (in the Green Bay C&NW train station) is also good.  There is a train shop in GB too that specializes in O gauge - GB Trains.

The C&O railway yard is gone from Ludington.

They could replace the Coal Burning Equipment with new low emission Diesel engines

Andrew