The Paul R. Tregurtha Makes an Appearance

It has been even longer since I last saw this ship.  The last time I saw her was in December.  In fact, she may have been my last ship of the year.

It's not really that she hasn't been past this way, it's just that her schedule and my schedule have not meshed.

She normally does a split load of coal between St. Clair and Monroe.

She passes the Gott.

I even got a little reflection from the river.  I think if the weather were different, I might have gotten an inversion.

She was heading back from Monroe after delivering coal there.  As such, she was riding a little higher than normal.

I figured she would be stopping for fuel, but that's okay, she's still close enough for pictures.

She slows down.

Lovely Zug Island in the background.  I think Zug is closed down.  Or at least shuttered in sort of a layup.

A little puff of steam.  On the buildings behind her was puffing out steam, but stopped as she was about in a position where it would have looked like she was really billowing out steam.

I started to rain that kind of obscured my picture.

But I like the atmosphere of this one.  After she fuels up, she will head to Superior where the cycle will start again.
 

And Then There Was the Paul R. Tregurtha

 I had one more ship to take pictures of.

The Paul R. Tregurtha was at the Mistersky fuel docks getting fuel.

I figured she would be leaving soon as the American Century was waiting for her to leave.

I waited around for her to leave but I was starting to get cold and it was starting to rain again, so I left the park.

As I was heading out of Detroit, I stopped at my other park and I saw that she was coming up the river.

I liked the pictures from here but I couldn't get a full picture of the bridge because they added a wall there.

She was coming up from Monroe.  I think she did a split load for Monroe and St. Clair.

She was head back up to Superior.

She will pick up more coal there.

I think she will be up there some time tomorrow.

I like the scrubbers on these.  On a cold day, it looks like a steamship.

The beam shot.

And she continues on.

Whereupon I Catch 2000 Feet Worth of Ship

 So I had one more ship to catch.  I wasn't sure I was going to catch her because she was fueling in Detroit when I first checked up on her.

The Paul R. Tregurtha had a split load of coal for St. Clair and Monroe.

After she delivered coal to Monroe, she stopped at the Mistersky Fuel Docks where she fueled up.

I'm not sure how long it takes to fuel up at those docks.  I know it is at least two hours.

It makes it difficult to gage when they are going to start moving though.

It was a nice enough day.  As I was sitting in bed this morning, it didn't look like it was going to be so nice.

The weather men were predicting thunderstorms.  Based on other information, we need them.

One more shot with my normal camera.

As I was shooting pictures of Paul Tregurtha, the American Spirit was heading down.  It was cool to catch this shot, I just wish it could have been closer.

The Tregurtha gets closer.

I kind of like this shot.  Especially since it has the American Spirit in the background.

Down low a bit.

And pulling out.

The beam shot.

One more.

And she continues on her way to Superior, where she will pick up coal again.

The Big Tregurtha Makes an Appearance

 So this is one of the ships that caused me to head up to Port Huron on Sunday.

The Paul R. Tregurtha was heading down to the St. Clair Power Plant with a load of coal.

She was coming down from the Midwest Energy Terminal in Superior, Wisconsin.

She has a load of coal that came from Wyoming.  Presumably it is the low sulfur coal.

I like that these ships have the scrubbers on them.  The puff of steam makes them look like a steam ship of the old days.

But not quite as smoky.

Based on AIS from the next day, it turns out that she had a split load.

It seems like they have been doing that quite a bit lately.

She makes the turn for the river.

One more shot with my camera.

I switched to my drone.  I didn't get out in time to get my normal shots but I like this one.

She continues down the river.

From this point it is about 2 hours for her to get to St Clair.

One more shot.