The Indian Valley Railroad

The Indian Valley Railroad ran 21.6 miles from Paxton northeast through Crescent Mills on WPs Northern California Extension to Engles, California. The Indian Valley was incorporated June 30, 1916 and controlled jointly by the Western Pacific and the Engles Copper Mining Company. Construction was finished in June of 1917. Road held two former D&RG engines, two flat cars from the Boca & Loyalton (B&L Numbers 408 and 409) and two passenger cars. The Indian Valley Railroad was abandoned in October 1938 and rails removed in the spring of 1939. The engines sat derelict at Crescent Mills for several months before being scrapped.