Tugboats and barges....?

[Milwaukee Road 113]

How many railroads owned them?

 

[marriedshades]

The only place I've heard of the railroad own tugs and barges was in the new York area. There where most likely others where and who no ideal.

 

[MRLdave]

A lot of RRs owned them........including roads you might not think of, like Milwaukee Road and Santa Fe. It was definitely more common on the east coast though.

 

[IronBeltKen]

The B&O operated a few tugs and carfloats in Baltimore Harbor, and a few other port cities as well.

 

[kjd]

To this day, the only rail connection to Alaska is via barge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdMChGMXVSY for a tour.

 

[Cjcrescent]

Southern RR had many tugs and boats, mainly in Virgina. I would think that just about any RR that served a port, either had their own "fleet" or had access to one.

Even the small Terminal Railways of Mobile, had 2 tugs and a couple of car barges. They were used to transport cars to several plants across the Mobile River from the main port. There wasn't room for a bridge and they couldn't afford to put one there, due to the amount of shipping, (Real ships).

 

[montanan]

Winter in Detroit around 1910

 

[Boris]

PRR, B&O, CNJ, LV, NYC, Erie, DL&W in the Port of New York/ New Jersey
Reading - Delaware River, NJ, DEL and PA
B&O Port of Baltimore
PRR, C&O (Sou?, N&W?) Norfolk, Hampton Roads.

 

[Bruette]

113 you come up with some of the most interesting questions.

 

[Bruette]

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