BOULDER CREEK & PESCADERO
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Snapshot History: The Boulder Creek & Pescadero was the name of the narrow gauge line, belonging to the Santa Clara Valley Mill & Lumber Company, which ran seven miles up the San Lorenzo Canyon from Boulder Creek, Calidornia. The company mill was four miles up at Dougherty's (named after James and William Doughtery, owners of the company). From there the line ran to McGafigan's (company superintendent) and then two miles further to the end of the canyon. It began in 1886 and ceased operations with the begining of WWI. It was always thought that the company would build up Feeder Creek for about a mile, put in a long tunnel into Pescadero Canyon, ending at Pescadero, California near the Pacific Ocean coastline. Several serveys were run but it never happened. The company did build up Feeder Creek for a ways to serve the milling operations of some local mills.
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BC&P 0-6-0 Dinky
Image, Boulder Creek & Pescadero 0-6-0 "Dinky" Order No. BCPDINKYI Note: Made from a 1920's 5" X 7" copy neg of original glass plate print. From 1875 until 1917 there was a little 0-6-0 locomotive wandering the woods of the San Lorenzo Valley in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California. It started out as the "Felton" on the Santa Cruz & Felton in 1875. For a time, after 1880, it found itself the ward of the South Pacific Coast. Then, in 1887, it became the property of the Santa Clara Valley Mill & Lumber Company. For the next 25 years the "Dinky", as the Boulder Creek locals used to call it, saw service on two pieces of track. The seven mile "Boulder Creek & Pescadero RR (wishful thinking) and the four mile California Timber Company Mill railroad up Newell Creek. A little homespun charmer, the Dinky with its 36-inch drivers did its job well, and for a long time. Shown here somewhere along its short line it poses with engineer Alex Skelton and his son in the cab, and other company workers on the ground. Shopping Cart 8.5" by 11" Image, Price - $ 5.00 [Add To Cart] --------------------BC&P 0-6-0 "Dinky"
Image, S.C.V.M.& L.Co 0-6-0 locomotive #1 Original print insufficiemt for reproduction From the Mrs. Carl Tyree Collection, daughter of Joseph Aram, Bolder Creek SP station agent (1886 - 1924). It is probably Sunday afternoon down on the Dougherty Brothers line. The Santa Clara Valley Mill & Lumber Co. southbound locomotive #1 with a flat car load of passengers is seen crossing the County Road just north of Boulder Creek, California (Circa 1900). --------------------
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