 "Albatross" was fitted with rails built onto the deck, allowing railcars to roll onto the ship, ride a short distance aboard the ferry, then roll over to tracks on the opposite shore after the river crossing was completed.A bridge completed in 1930 rendered the "Albatross" obsolete for its intended purpose, retiring it from ferry service after 23 years.Streckfus Steamers, a company which ran excursion boats along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, acquired the metal-hulled sidewheeler, "Albatross", in 1935.