The Silver Peak Railroad was built by the Pittsburgh Silver Peak Gold Mining Company after it bought a group of mining properties in 1906 and established a 100 stamp mill at Blair, Nevada, in 1907 to service the mines at Silver Peak, Nevada. The railroad was completed in July 1906, it connected to the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad at Blair Junction (Historical), located 0.7 mi south of the present Blair Junction US 6/95 and Nevada State Route 265 in the Big Smoky Valley. The McKeen car ended up at Westwood, CA on the premises of the Red River Lumber Company.