The steamer Wilfred Sykes loading at Burlington-Northern Santa Fe
S/S Wilfred Sykes, Superior WI, Dec 28, 2006, Image 06-2634
Looking aft on Wilfred Sykes. This is the Sykes first visit to the Twin Ports since 1997.
S/S Wilfred Sykes, Superior WI, Dec 28, 2006, Image 06-2613
The Wilfred Sykes loading at Superior, 2006.
S/S Wilfred Sykes, Superior WI, Dec 28, 2006, Image 06-2657
Captain Ray Sheldon is a 1976 graduate of the Great Lakes
Maritime Academy. He has sailed with Mittal Steel(Ispat Inland, Inland Steel)
his entire career. This is Captain Sheldon's first trip into Superior.
S/S Wilfred Sykes, Superior WI, Dec 28, 2006, Image 06-2607
The ship's logbook keeps a record of every trip a ship makes.
The Sykes makes about 150 trips a year. In 1999 the Sykes hauled its
largest single season tonnage with 2, 968,887 tons.
The trip to Superior is the 121st of the 2006 season. The Sykes
will carry approximately 18, 200 tons of taconite pellets to Indiana Harbor.
S/S Wilfred Sykes, Superior WI, Dec 28, 2006, Image 06-2604
Exterior of Wilfred Sykes pilothouse.
S/S Wilfred Sykes, Superior WI, Dec 28, 2006, Image 06-2604
Steam plant on the Wilfred Sykes.
S/S Wilfred Sykes, Superior WI, Dec 28, 2006, Image 06-2648
The throttle deck on the Wilfred Sykes.
S/S Wilfred Sykes, Superior WI, Dec 28, 2006, Image 06-2640
Jason "Opie" Cracraft models his Santa hardhat during the holiday season.
2nd Mate Ken Michels began sailing in 1976 on the Diamond Alkali.
