Mainline of the Pickering Lumber Corporation and a couple operations before that, which at one time extended seventy some odd miles north, eventually terminating in the Beaver Creek drainage east-northeast of Arnold. The last remnant of the logging railroad quit around 1966.
Historical USGS topo maps displaying the line can be accessed through this link:
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historicalmaps.arcgis.com]
It usually dumps me in the middle of New Orleans, zoom out then scroll across to your area of interest, then click on what you want to see. Available historic maps will appear on a pop up window across the bottom of the page, the maps will slowly load after you click on them.
Jeff Moore
Elko, NV