Arcata and Mad River Railroad

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Arcata and Mad River Railroad was a historic short-line logging and freight railroad in Northern California that served the timber industry around Arcata and the Mad River region.

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Arcata and Mad River Railroad canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf freight railroad
historic railroad
logging railroad
short-line railroad
country United States of America
surface form: United States
gauge standard gauge
headquartersLocation Arcata, California NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance one of the early industrial railroads in Humboldt County, California
locatedIn Humboldt County, California NERFINISHED
Northern California
locatedNear Pacific Ocean
locatedOn Mad River NERFINISHED
operatedIn 19th century
20th century
primaryCargo logs
lumber
primaryIndustryServed timber industry GENERATED
railroadType common carrier
region Pacific Coast of the United States NERFINISHED
servedCommunity Arcata NERFINISHED
Blue Lake, California NERFINISHED
servedPort Humboldt Bay NERFINISHED
servedPurpose freight transportation
hauling timber from inland forests to coastal mills
servedRegion Arcata, California NERFINISHED
Mad River region, California NERFINISHED
status defunct
trackGauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in
transportMode rail
usedFor logging operations
lumber mill connections

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Northwestern Pacific Railroad formedByMergerOf Arcata and Mad River Railroad