Comments on: The bridge tender has moved the swing bridge carrying Penn Central’s Canada Division line (the CASO) into the open position to let a ship pass through the Welland Canal during December 1969, resulting in a brief pause in rail traffic. Increasing levels of ship traffic through the canal was one of the reasons that lead to the new canal alignment and construction of the Townline Tunnel, which opened a few years later and ran underneath the canal, eliminating the interruptions in mainline railway traffic for marine traffic.

By: Klaucker

Klaucker — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 12:43:31 +0000

Salties don’t last very long…30 years is a good run, after that they are cut up…there are still some WWII vintage freshwater ships on the Great Lakes under the Lower Lakes Flag (Cuyahoga, Saginaw..)…but those working museums are few and far between

By: dhaisell

dhaisell — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 01:08:11 +0000

1963 to 1987 seems like an awfully short life for a freighter. I thought they worked those things forever.

By: Klaucker

Klaucker — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 21:05:13 +0000

The bridge still exists (but sadly rusted) and is used by Trillium to access VESUVIUS, which to my knowledge is very infrequent…

By: Birchglen

Birchglen — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 19:54:38 +0000

That ship was called KING NESTOR and was under Greek ownership. She was built in France in 1963 and was scrapped in Taiwan in 1987..