| Photo ID |
Short Description |
Long Description |
Year |
Sample? |
| 192 | Railroad train on ferry 'Solano' | | | YES |
| 1626 | Southern Pacific RR Train Ferry 'Solano' | Placed in service December 1879 between Port Costa & Benicia to bridge gap in Southern Pacific RR just completed to Sacramento. Largest ferry in world at the time: 420 ft long & displacement of 5450 tons. Handled all the traffic for 35 years until the "Contra Costa" was introduced (433ft long, 7198 tons) | 1879 | YES |
| 1627 | Southern Pacific RR Train Ferry 'Contra Costa | See 1626 story re: built in 1914, 433 ft with 7,189 tons displacement and succeeded 'Solano' as largest ferry boat in world. | | YES |
| 1630 | Ferry pier/slip emty | | | YES |
| 1631 | Ferry 'Solano' arriving Benicia slip | No print. Many ferry photos in TRANSPORTATIONMARINE folder. | | YES |
| 1632 | View of RR facilities to west & Ferry 'Solano' in dock | | | YES |
| 1633 | Looking down on waterfront & Ferry 'Solano' in slip | | | YES |
| 2449 | Ferry 'Modoc' | | | YES |
| 3154 | Railroad ferry 'Contra Costa' on Straits | | 1929 | YES |
| 3247 | Square Rigger & Paddle Wheeler and pier facilities | Ship 'Eaton Hall' (Liverpool) and a paddle steamer. | C1890 | YES |
| 3585 | Railroad ferry arriving slip | | | YES |
| 3586 | RR ferry 'Contra Costa' arriving with trains & people | Southern Pacific RR train transfer ferry "Contra Costa" built in 1914 replaced the "Solano" built in 1879. In their time, both were the largest ferries in the world and both remained on the Port Costa-Benicia run until completion of SP RR bridge at Martinez-Benicia in 1930. | 1920 | YES |
| 3588 | Railroad ferry 'Solano' in Straits | Photo 3588B is an enlargement/closeup of ferry | 1904 | YES |
| 4119 | S. P. Train ferry 'Solano' fully loaded | Last ferry to leave Port Costa, November 1, 1930 | 1930 | YES |
| 5504 | Ferry slip with train, December 1879 | In1879 when the first passenger trains were operating over the newly completed line between Oakland and Sacramento they were ferried across the Carquinez Straits on the steamer "Solano". This boat was then the largest ferry in the world, and remained so until replaced by the "Contra Costa" in 1914, for the Southern Pacific Railroad. At that time additional slips were built at Port Costa and Benicia. Both ferries were dismantled upon the completion of the Martinez-Benicia railroad bridge Nov 1, 1930 | 1879 | YES |
| 5731 | Southern Pacific Railroad Ferry 'Solano' | Also Slide 53439. | | YES |
| 6190 | SP train transfer ferry 'Contra Costa' arriving slip | Was built in 1914 and was 433 feet in length. Remained in service until Martinez Benicia SP RR bridge completed in early November 1930.(SP Photo X1634) Also Acc 9756. Date | c1925 | YES |
| 6308 | Boat towing wheat sailing ship | Heading for the Golden Gate from Grangers, Port Costa then to England | 1910 | YES |
| 6966 | Railroad ferry Contra Costa | Postcard | | YES |
| 6967 | Railroad ferry 'Solano' | Post card | | YES |
| 6968 | Railroad ferry 'Contra Costa' | | | YES |
| 6984 | SPRR ferry 'Solano' | Color post card postmarked July 27, 1911. | c1910 | YES |
| 8050 | Town hillside & RR tracks & Ferry 'Solano' in slip | Looking west from hill at homes, structures and railroad tracks, with slip to the right foreground and the Straits. | 1920? | YES |
| 8051 | Ferry in slip and RR waterfront looking west | View includes railroad tracks parallel to ferry slip | ca 1900? | YES |
| 8052 | Ferry 'Solano' at pier | View includes railroad tracks parallel to ferry slip | | YES |
| 8053 | Ferry slips and pile driver in the right one | | | YES |
| 8054 | Closeup of train ferry 'Solano' | Closeup of part of ferry 'Solano' and its 'bridge' | | YES |
| 8055 | Southern Pacific railroad ferry pier | Two ferrys in slip including ' Contra Costa' and the 'Solano'is out in the straits. | | YES |
| 8061 | Closeup of wheat sailing ship 'Neville' | | | YES |
| 8064 | Southern Pacific ferry 'Contra Costa' | Rear view | | YES |
| 8065 | Southern Pacific ferry 'Contra Costa' | Under way with freight cars; Sept 1930 . ? 26 years old? | 1930 | YES |
| 8068 | Southern Pacific ferry 'Contra Costa' | Leaving ferry slip | 1930 | YES |
| 8069 | Southern Pacific ferry Solano | Side view under way | | YES |
| 8070 | River steamer 'Modoc' | | | YES |
| 8968 | Ferry 'Solano' | | | YES |
| 11081 | S.P. Train Ferries 'Solano' & 'Contra Costa' | In the distance across the Straits can be see the Benicia shore line to which SP trains passed over the salt water barrier starting in 1879. This ended with the | | YES |
| 11711 | Last SP Train Ferry 'Solano' leaving for Bencia | Closeup of train cars and many passengers filling void spaces at rear of ferry, ~November 1, 1930; Last to leave Port Costa. SP RR Bridge from Martinez now completed. | 1930 | YES |
| 11712 | SP Ferry Solano with two trains segments departing | | | YES |
| 17775 | Southern Pacific train ferry "Solano" | Side view, with Solano hills behind. Locomotive and train cars visible either end. | | YES |