Railroad and Steamboat badges

This ad is in the 1905 City Directory of
San Francisco.

The Ocean Shore Railway Co. star No. 4. Hallmarked Paul P..Bernard San Francisco. The Ocean Shore Railroad was a railroad intended to run between San Francisco and Santa Cruz, California. The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and financial difficulties prevented the railroad from completing construction. It operated as two discontinuous segments from 1905 to 1920: San Francisco to Tunitas Glen, and Swanton to Santa Cruz.

The system began as a consolidation of several streetcar lines assembled in the late 1890s and early 1900s by Francis Marion "Borax" Smith and his business interests. After having made a fortune in Borax and gained his nickname, "Borax", the entrepreneur turned to real estate and electric traction for streetcars. The Key System was founded as the San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose Railway (SFOSJR), incorporated in 1902. After consolidating local lines under one company, Smith sought to compete with the Southern Pacific commuter ferry market as well as develop new streetcar suburbs in the East Bay. The troubled California & Nevada Railroad had begun construction of a ferry pier in Oakland, but its plans were never realized. Smith purchased the railroad in order to gain access to its right of way and waterfront operations, as well as use the abandoned pier as a starting point for his own passenger mole

1st issue, State of California Railway Police S. F. O. & S.J. Ry. No. 7 Steamboat Police. SKU12502

After the Bay Area bridges were built the Steamships eventually went away and the Railway police badges dropped the Steamboat from their badges.

1st issue Southern Pacific Co. Railroad Police “O” Steamboat Police, Hallmarked Ed Jones 906 Broadway Oakland, Ger. Silver. In use from 1906, to 1914 at the Oakland Station. SKU11502

Stamped Ger. Silver on the left and Ed Jones 906 Broadway Oakland on the right.

Northern Nevada Railway Police badge No. 6, made by C. D. Reese 57 Warren St. New York.

1905: The railway was incorporated on June 1 to connect the Nevada Consolidated Copper Company's mines to the national rail network.

1906: Construction was completed, marked by a celebration in Ely. The final spike, made of local copper, was driven on September 29, designated as Railroad Day.

1941: The railway operated a daily passenger train until this year, serving local communities and mine employees.

1983: Operations ceased following the closure of the smelter and mines, marking the end of the railway's primary freight activities.

Southern Pacific Co. Railroad Police Nevada star No. 836. Made by Irvine & Jachens 1027 Market St. S.F. and dated 5-21-21, sterling silver with hard fired blue enamel.

Railroad Police 66 Nevada The Western Pacific R.R. Co. Made by Irvine & Jachens 1068 Mission St. S.F. SKU5507

Railroad and Steamboat Police 33 California The Western Pacific R.R. Co. Made by Irvine & Jachens 1068 Mission St. S.F. SKU3502

Railroad Police 787 Oregon Southern Pacific Co. Made by Irvine & Jachens 1027 Market St.
S.F. Sterling and dated 8-14-20.

2nd issue Railroad and Steamboat Police 662 California Southern Pacific Co.Â Made by Irvine & Jachens 1027 Market St.Â
S.F. Sterling and dated 12-30-19.

Sergeant star No. 505, Southern Pacific Railroad and Steamboat Police California. Made by irvine * Jachens 1068 Mission St.S. F. and dated 12-21-26. STERLING.

Lieutenant 25 Railroad Police Southern Pacific Co. Made by Irvine & Jachens S.F. Sterling silver. SKU 5905

Railroad Police 107 Arizona Southern Pacific
Made by L.A. Rubber Stamp Co. Los Angeles CAL.
March 20, 1880: The first Southern Pacific train reaches Tucson, Arizona SKU5506

Los Angeles & Salt Lake R.R. Co. No. 39.
Hallmarked Los Angeles Rubber Stamp Co. SKU4102