SS Spartan

SS Badger's sister ship, photographed from inside Badger as we disembarked at Ludington. Both ships were originally built to carry trains across Lake Michigan for the Pere Marquette Railway. Changing railroad practice made them obsolete; Badger's current daily trips carrying autos and tourists were originally a secondary function for PM's fleet.

Actually, Spartan is less a sister at this point than a spare parts store, I gather. While Lake Michigan Carferries talks about putting her back into service, it's difficult to imagine when or how that will happen.