D&M 4610 had worked its way up from Cheboygan and is backing to the ferry slip as it awaits the arrival of the Chief Wawatum from St. Ignace. Nearby a MN ex- Southern RS-3 is waiting to get southb... (more)

Michigan Northern started with a couple RS-3's and aquired an eclectic group of power over the years including more RS-3's, RS-2's, Baldwin RS-12's and even the pair of RF-16 Sharks. All those old... (more)

The Chief Wawatam was unique. It was the only bow-loading railcar ferry on the Great Lakes. She was the last of the “hand bombers,” hand-fired steam vessel on the lakes. And she had a bow pro... (more)

The remains of the old Chief Wawatam slip still stand in 2010. Nowadays, the Coast Guard cutter "Mackinac" rests where the mighty Chief once did. Unfortunately, the remains of the Chief were recen... (more)

D&M 1077 rests in Mackinaw City waiting for the Chief Wawatam to return from St. Ignace. I like the sign above the short hood of the RS-3. After this photo we always referred to 1077 as D&M's BEST... (more)

On a frigid Feb. day D&M 975 is trying to get some loaded coal hoppers onto the Chief Wawatam at Mackinaw City. The coal was bound from West Virginia to Algoma Steel at Sault Ste. Marie and was pa... (more)

It was a bitterly cold day when this photo was taken. Five minutes earlier was a brief blinding snowfall, which had moved off over the Straits of Mackinac.

Two SEMTA geeps lead the "Elephant Express" out of Mackinaw City. Power and passenger cars were loaned by Detroit's SEMTA commuter agency. The railroad carferry "Chief Wawatam" is visible in the u... (more)

The "Chief" approaches the Mackinw City dock to be swirched by the D&M Railway.

Detroit & Mackinac engine 977 unloading the coal fired, steam powered, car ferry Chief Wawatam at Mackinaw City in June of 1979.