Hi Drew, Born in San Pablo, I was raised in Port Costa. I came across your 'Port Costa' video this morning, and just wanted to thank you for the memories. The photo you show just prior to the Google reference actually shows our old family home. I am sharing this with my friendson Facebook, as so many of us have moved on, hoping to stirthem as you did me. Thanks again! Linda Holt Carson City,NV

thank you 👍

Thank you! I Love Our Hamlet By The Bay!

great historic video, loved it, very interesting

Drew, You're becoming a pro with this video medium. Thanks. My maternal grandfather was a "hot box tender" for the Southern Pacific Railroad. I was an early lover of trains, their size, sound and smell. He'd been a cowboy for three years but decided it was too coarse. He laid gas pipeline from Texas to Louisiana until the railroad job where he worked until he had a stroke at the end of one work day. That's dying with your rubber boots on.

I remember those big huge old steam trains! They were REALLY big, and I was really small! Looming up from the far north, smoking, chugging, bringing our xmas tree from Truckee… what a time, what thing to see! I must have been three or four...

I heart Port Costa.

I love to look at Port Costa from Benicia. I also like to hear the trains that run along the tracks there.

Nice video....back in the '90's, I went to C and H sugar to pick up a load...was driving 'truck then. And, I am an "Original Transcon RR" fan...look for artifacts, UP/CPRR sites...The Summit Tunnel is a great visit, and NV., UT. WY., are awesome. Thanks...and subscribed.

My Grandfather was the Head Engineer on the Port Costa Rail Trains in the late 1800's. He woke one morning & while getting ready for work thinking he might have had a flu bug, but he wasn't sure because he had never been sick a day in his life... Well, he was sick alright but not from a bug, He died of a heartattack that afternoon, doing what he loved best ~ Operating & Driving His Beloved Train!

Very interesting video. Northern California seems to be full of treasures hidden in plain sight. Thanks for researching this one!

Excellent video, Drew. This video gave me the idea for a video, and when I can get to the location I will use it as a video response to this one. Frank

i vist this town every single weekend.and its just soo peacful. like it but saddly they have no homes for rent.

when I was in college in San Rafael, saw that old big old black locomotive, on it's last trip, retired afterwards, track still there, missed it, should have kept it, like the Skunk up north!

I somehow missed THAT little road!

this is sooo kool!

Hi Drew, There were several of the PC old timers that were rr employees. Also C&H Sugar (Crockett) and Sugar City Brickyard (PC)The interesting part of the rr employees history was many of them lived in homes owned by the SP; as they passed away (surviving spouses died), the rr tore down the houses. My folks bought an old boarding house in1959, which went back to the 1800's...it still had the numbers on the bedroom doors. Many 'ghosts' there. Thanks again for the trip down memory lane.

United Pacific??? Never heard of it. But other then that a very interesting video on Port Costa.

It is a cool little town. I love the Warehouse cafe. It's wasw also a great place to watch the boat races when they had them. I believe the reces have been discontinued and I am kind of curious as to why. Any answer to that?

@jetthaus You're welcome.

I've been to port costa sooooo many times. never knew the history. now, I know of the remains of the pier towards the west of Port costa, but if you where to go down to the water line right when you crossed the tracks there is this 15 feet long, 8 feet wide concrete slab, it has 2, three foot high walls on either side running the length of the slab, what was this used for?

I know the video is a little old but you missed another ferry just down the river. She was the Garden City designed for 3 foot narrow guage and used to transport passengers. Look for her at Eckley, ca. Go to pier and look north toward Crocket. Lost her wood in 1983 by vandals

If you ever want to research the C&H Sugar connection, let me know. I have reconnected with many of my old Bay Area cronies through Facebook.

I actually am planning an expedition by kyack to the Salano wreck to do some dinging around. Its hard to believe that a 1880 steam ship is still around to see, even if it is burned up. Just want to mabey pick up an artifact or two since nobody seems to care much about her.

You should see what is underwater off the coast of Malibu!!! (on google map!) You won't believe it!

Santa Venetia? where Philip K. Dick lived for awhile...

@uaetub It cant be "that" refurbished for the fact that you can still see quite a bit of it on the google earth. There is not much you could haul into a kyack without capsizing into the wreck itself and I dont think I would want to swim in the bay water in Antioch much anyway. let alone get speared on a peice of wreckage. I'm pretty sure they stripped it fairly good before they scuttled her and then what was left of that obviosly burned. Getting pictures was the main intent of my expedition.

My name is Joaquin Costa Ayres Jr. I live at 3587 Rice St. Lihue 96766-1761 in The county of Kauai, state of Hawaii! Where the sugar industry began! Of California and Hawaii sugar company!

I love to look at Port Costa from Benicia. I also like to hear the trains that run along the tracks there.

I love to look at Port Costa from Benicia. I also like to hear the trains that run along the tracks there.