Welcome to the Trainscapes segment! Each week here on Geek Alabama, Trainscapes will feature train content including videos of trains and behind the scenes action of trains and locomotives. Some people have an interest in seeing trains, and we here at Geek Alabama aim to please the train lovers!

This 1960 film, a Fred A. Niles production, showcases Chesapeake & Ohio Railway’s Lake Michigan carferry fleet, highlighting the SS Badger – the largest and newest vessel on C&O’s roster. It was also the last carferry ever built to sail across Lake Michigan and continues to do so today as an autoferry between Ludington, Michigan, and Manitowoc, Wisconsin.

Uncovered from deep within the Grand Rapids Public Library’s media archive, this 16mm color film has been remastered in 4K and color-corrected by Delay In Block Productions. We are making the film available to the public for educational purposes.

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