Dan o Wrote:
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> I had never been to Twain Harte Ca. and was
> motorcycling in the hills recently to the East by
> northeast of town. We were on a very lightly
> traveled single track trail that looked
> suspiciously like a rail grade. before long we
> came across 3-100"ish sections of rail spread out
> on the hillside. We were out there all day and
> founder numerous obvious rail cuts and grades but
> no other relics. I assuming it was a logging line
> that must have been fairly extensive but I
> couldn't find much history on the Google and
> abandoned rails doesn't have it listed. Does
> someone know the name and some history of this
> line. I would especially like to see a map,
> partially to figure out where I was....Forgot the
> GPS

Sounds like you're describing the trail that's now on portions of the Pickering Lumber Company's Sugar Pine Railway Strawberry branch.

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