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Ted Rafuse has artfully captured the history of the rail car ferries Ontario NO.1 and Ontario NO.2 which operated out of Cobourg during the first half of the 20th century. The story of this rail-marine operation - which ferried both coal and passengers - is brought to life through the recollections of crew and passengers, dozens of photographs as well as company records. The Grand Trunk Railway in Canada and the Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway in the United States together created a marine service as a link between their two railway lines. Coal to Canada: A History of the Ontario Car Ferry Company chronicles carrying coal from western Pennsylvania mines to destinations throughout central Ontario. From the ferry slip at Genesee Dock, New York, hopper cars of coal were loaded onto the Company's two ferries and were transported across Lake Ontario for unloading at the ferry apron in Cobourg, Ontario. The demand for coal in railway and commercial use ensured Ontario NO.1 and Ontario NO.2 of daily year round service. During the summer passengers boarded the ships for memorable daytime or romantic moonlight excursions upon Lake Ontario.

Coal to Canada: A History of the Ontario Car Ferry Company
Two colour cover, perfect bound, 96 8.5 by 11 inch pages, portrait format, 105 b&w captioned photographs, several diagrams, 3 maps, full references.
ISBN 9685474-0-0