Shortly after the Santa Cruz & Felton Railroad began operation , a second rail line began operation in 1880 from Alameda , California and San Jose , California . A new depot was constructed at " New Felton " using salvaged materials from a dismantled portion of the San Lorenzo Valley Logging Flume from Boulder Creek . The railroads , limekilns and forest in this area provided a majority of the repair materials for the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake . The standard gauge railroad line came into Felton by 1909
1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Felton, California