- IMG00034aa
CSX Toledo coal dock & loading equipment. The machinery here flips over 2 loaded hopper cars at a time and dumps the contents onto a conveyor, which loads the coal into the ship via the apparatus you see here. - IMG00034-20100806-1324
Passing another ship in Lake Erie. - P1010852a
No comment... - P1010982a
Mooring winch. The two meters in the background indicate the forward and aft draft (the distance between the waterline and the bottom of the boat.) The monitor shows the level of water in the ballast tanks. - P1010837
Merry Christmas. - P1010842a
Unloading coal at the power plant in Monroe, MI. - P1010842
Power plant in Monroe, MI. - P1010845
The guest bedroom. Looks like an old motel, only it floats... - P1010860b
I'm not the only one taking pictures... - P1010848
Bedroom, yet again. - P1010849
Bathroom ("head" in nautical speak.) - P1010850
Bathtub & shower. - P1010851
Guest lounge. Equipped with DirecTV with all the movie channels. - P1010852
Another view of the lounge. We think this is all original 1959 furniture from when the boat was built. - P1010843b
Emptying the cargo hold. In the bad old days they had to do this with huge shovels mounted on the dock. Now everything is unloaded by a conveyor system built into the boat.