Can someone list all the current carfloat operations in the USA and Canada?
There’s one in Vancouver, BC, connecting the mainland city to Vancouver Island (?) as well as one left in New York City.
See also the other ‘thread’ on this, at -
http://cs.trains.com/trccs/forums/t/158340.aspx
I seem to recall that there is or was also one across the lower/ northeasterly St. Lawrence River, from either Matane or Rimouski, Quebec on the southeasterly shore to the iron ore roads on the north shore such as the Cartier Railway and the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Rwy., and others of that sort - Quebec Iron and Titanium, Wabush, etc. But there’s not a huge volume of those movements - probably mostly for equipment deliveries and exchange, such as new locomotives . And for heaven’s sakes, don’t bet anything on my recollection of that.
- PDN.
And Norfolk Cape Charles covered in TRAINS a few years ago. Glad to know about the Canadian ones.
There was one between Prince Rupert B.C. and the Alaska Railroad. On the Alaska Railroad I think their marine ferry operated at either Homer or Seward. Someone here probably can fill me on exactly where it is in Alaska.
I know you asked for ‘current’ ones, but I was a little surprised at the extent of this list of articles on mostly now-defunct ones, so I thought I’d put it here for general interest and information:
| By rail across Lake Michigan Trains, September 1942 page 14 Lake Michigan carferries ( FERRY, LAKE, “MAYER, HAROLD M.”, MICHIGAN, TRN ) |
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The New Haven’s navy Trains, August 1943 page 32 How the New Haven moves freight across New York harbor ( FERRY, NH, TUG, TRN ) |
| Carquinez train ferries Trains, August 1946 page 36 Southern Pacific’s crossing of Carquinez Strait between Benicia and Port Costa ( CALIFORNIA, FERRY, “HILTON, GEORGE W.”, SP, T |
See also the Wikipedia article on ‘Train Ferry’ [usual disclaimers apply] - esp. section 3.36 - United States - In use at -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_ferry#In_use_8
‘Teaser’ - There’s at least 1 there that hasn’t been mentioned here so far . . . . [:-^]
And for the Canadian Operation - it was [still is ?] -
‘‘Compagnie de gestion de Matane (COGEMA) (operates a rail ferry from Matane, Quebec to Baie-Comeau, Quebec as well as trackage in Baie-Comeau).’’
and -
''On 3 November 2008 CN announced that it was purchasing the New Brunswick East Coast Railway (NBEC) and its sister companies Chemin de fer de la Matapédia et du Golfe (CFMG),
Link to the other thread on this same topic:
HUGE and fascinating website - pretty-well indexed, too - with photos and lots of information on the carfloats, industrial, terminal, and “offline” (not connected) railroads in and around New York City:
http://www.freightrrofnyc.info/
- Paul North.
Paul North has pretty got this Marine Railroading thing covered. SHEEEEESH! [:'(]
This link is to a corporate website that provides a wide range of services. The point in posting this is that the website has a number of photos in a slide show that advances across the screen. About the third picture from the end of the slide show show an excelent photo of a Marine Ferry. The load is both rail cars and semi-trailers http://www.seaspan.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Puerto_Rico This link is to information on the Chemex Corporations railroad and its equipment in Ponce, Puerto Rico.