FATAL CROSSINGS—LOST RAILROAD CAR FERRIES OF THE GREAT LAKES

This Program was presented on April 7, 2022 by Jeff Thomas to the Association of Lifelong Learners at ACC.

Throughout the first half of the 20th century several of the major railroad lines operated fleets of car ferries to transport their railroad cars across the Great Lakes. Come learn about a time when the railroads went sailing and about a mystery "half" a shipwreck that was discovered by accident!

As a local history teacher and part time Great Lakes sailor, Jeff Thomas draws on both experiences to tell the story of Great lakes shipwrecks. He finds the small details that bring the stories to life in a story-telling experience that puts the viewer “in the moment” of these dramatic tales.