Because the Badger loads cars through the back of the ship, they have to back into the dock. The top 2 Chadburns communicate with the forward pilothouse and the bottom two communicate with the aft pilothouse (Only when docking)
Great old ship, glad she's still sailing! But at the part where it says turn your volume down is when I turned it up( had it down due to crappy music).
Exactly! Reduction gears are pretty much a matter of steam and gas turbines. These engines are the Skinner Uniflows but they and the old triple-expansions were all direct coupled to the props as are most of the modern low-speed diesels in the tankers and container ships.
@@gomerromer7708 I rode the Badger in October 2022. Been on bucket list for several years. I was fascinated by the steeple compound design of the engines.
The two engines that are on the port side are connected to a ruduction gear and the two engines on the starboard side are also connected to a reduction gear. The reduction gear turns the high speed, low torque, energ into low speed, high torque, energy. Hope this helps.
Ohh cool , looks like I'm the first on the RUclips repeat algorithm in 4-5 years , well I liked it so I hope all the rest of you do as well , here it comes , LOL.
@@floro7687 There are few things that I enjoy as much as this era of machinery , it's I guess a bit of a mix of steam punk , and machine punk . when I was young I took to the trade of machining , but it never took to me , I couldn't find a decent job with an apprenticeship so I missed many opportunities and eked my way through working here and there till I became disabled , I would have loved to be blessed to work on board and with such machinery , so now when I see it in videos I can close my eyes and imagine a little bit . There are reasons that people keep restoring and maintaining these old glorious machines . PS : As I read what I just post I in my mind could actually smell the oils and grease in that engine room , few places smell quite the same .
@@timc333 Have sailed in 3 steam (oil) piston vessels, 4 turbine and 11 diesels. Steam, and in particular coal seemed a toil to me. Knew some Greeks in a "North Sands" type vessel, coal fired, burned 42 tons of coal in 24 hrs, and with bad Canadian West Coast coals they slagged out 12 tons of ashes. 2 firemen and 2 trimmers to the watch, more than the entire engine crew of our 12000 hp diesel. It is okay to be nostalgic for something you never tried!
In about 1968 I took either the Badger or a similar car ferry from Manitowoc, Wisconsin, to Ludington. I was very impressed. It pulled smoothly and quietly, with no noise or vibration, away from the dock. A similar Diesel powered boat would have had considerable vibration and noise. The only problem was that the fuel was coal and there was considerable smoke. That problem could be solved by converting the boiler to use a different fuel.
I just love how at 3:05 the engine crew is just looking all annoyed while being like "WTF is the captain doing?" after receiving that sudden "STOP" order and the chief engineer just walks off camera likely to radio the bridge and no one is thrilled about it.
There was a second, slightly lower pitch bell that rang at the end of the telegraph's ring. That's the sound powered telephone ringing (inside basically a phone booth) just to my left. The chief stepped in there to answer that call from the captain. You can hear that phone ring again at 4:38
I hope some one can answer this question. If the Badger has 2 screws, what is the purpose of the 4 Chadburns? I can see one is for the port and one for the starboard? and the other 2?
Yes! The Badger loads and unloads from the rear only. So there's a pilothouse at the stern that's used when maneuvering backwards to the dock. The top set of telegraphs communicates with the forward pilothouse and the bottom communicates with the aft pilothouse.
@@LighthouseJake Thanks for the info, I was wondering why 4. My spot while crossing is always next to the aft pilothouse. Glad for good videos like this because people do want to learn about the workings of this ship. Loved the video of the Badger in drydock and old footage. Please make more vids. Thanks.
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I would love to be an engineering crewman for a season on this gorgeous beauty with her wonderful machinery
Because the Badger loads cars through the back of the ship, they have to back into the dock. The top 2 Chadburns communicate with the forward pilothouse and the bottom two communicate with the aft pilothouse (Only when docking)
This made a great thousand dollar vacation.
Great old ship, glad she's still sailing! But at the part where it says turn your volume down is when I turned it up( had it down due to crappy music).
Very interesting to see this in operation. The engineers have to be constantly vigilant and ready to blindly follow the commands from bridge.
Those brass engine order telegraph! You keep it so shinny!
@coolengineer The Badger has two engines, and does not have a reduction gear.
Exactly! Reduction gears are pretty much a matter of steam and gas turbines. These engines are the Skinner Uniflows but they and the old triple-expansions were all direct coupled to the props as are most of the modern low-speed diesels in the tankers and container ships.
@@gomerromer7708 I rode the Badger in October 2022. Been on bucket list for several years. I was fascinated by the steeple compound design of the engines.
The two engines that are on the port side are connected to a ruduction gear and the two engines on the starboard side are also connected to a reduction gear. The reduction gear turns the high speed, low torque, energ into low speed, high torque, energy. Hope this helps.
Ohh cool , looks like I'm the first on the RUclips repeat algorithm in 4-5 years , well I liked it so I hope all the rest of you do as well , here it comes , LOL.
The Uniflow engine was developed during WW1! This is seriously old stuff, from the 1930-ies!
@@floro7687 There are few things that I enjoy as much as this era of machinery , it's I guess a bit of a mix of steam punk , and machine punk . when I was young I took to the trade of machining , but it never took to me , I couldn't find a decent job with an apprenticeship so I missed many opportunities and eked my way through working here and there till I became disabled , I would have loved to be blessed to work on board and with such machinery , so now when I see it in videos I can close my eyes and imagine a little bit . There are reasons that people keep restoring and maintaining these old glorious machines . PS : As I read what I just post I in my mind could actually smell the oils and grease in that engine room , few places smell quite the same .
@@timc333 Have sailed in 3 steam (oil) piston vessels, 4 turbine and 11 diesels. Steam, and in particular coal seemed a toil to me. Knew some Greeks in a "North Sands" type vessel, coal fired, burned 42 tons of coal in 24 hrs, and with bad Canadian West Coast coals they slagged out 12 tons of ashes. 2 firemen and 2 trimmers to the watch, more than the entire engine crew of our 12000 hp diesel. It is okay to be nostalgic for something you never tried!
Good stuff
In about 1968 I took either the Badger or a similar car ferry from Manitowoc, Wisconsin, to Ludington. I was very impressed. It pulled smoothly and quietly, with no noise or vibration, away from the dock. A similar Diesel powered boat would have had considerable vibration and noise. The only problem was that the fuel was coal and there was considerable smoke. That problem could be solved by converting the boiler to use a different fuel.
There are plans to convert the boiler while keeping this beautiful historic engine system intact.
@@funnelvortex7722 That's good to know. It would also be nice if they conducted tours through the engine room.
I just love how at 3:05 the engine crew is just looking all annoyed while being like "WTF is the captain doing?" after receiving that sudden "STOP" order and the chief engineer just walks off camera likely to radio the bridge and no one is thrilled about it.
There was a second, slightly lower pitch bell that rang at the end of the telegraph's ring. That's the sound powered telephone ringing (inside basically a phone booth) just to my left. The chief stepped in there to answer that call from the captain. You can hear that phone ring again at 4:38
3:44 Dive Dive lol
It looks like there are two telegraphs starboard and port, is one for the forward wheel house and the other for the aft control station?
Correct! The upper set is for the forward pilothouse, the bottom set for the aft.
We're facing forward here, so left is left engine, right is right.
What's funny is how its still a coal burner, even though much older ships at the time of its build were being switched over to oil fired.
I hope some one can answer this question. If the Badger has 2 screws, what is the purpose of the 4 Chadburns? I can see one is for the port and one for the starboard? and the other 2?
Michael Winnemuller The other two are linked to the aft pilot house I believe.
Is that a MEBA ship?
I don't think so
Eh??? 4 telegraphs for a 2 engined steamer?
Yes! The Badger loads and unloads from the rear only. So there's a pilothouse at the stern that's used when maneuvering backwards to the dock. The top set of telegraphs communicates with the forward pilothouse and the bottom communicates with the aft pilothouse.
@@LighthouseJake Thanks for the info, I was wondering why 4. My spot while crossing is always next to the aft pilothouse. Glad for good videos like this because people do want to learn about the workings of this ship. Loved the video of the Badger in drydock and old footage. Please make more vids. Thanks.