Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company

This article is about the Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company which operated a narrow gauge railroad between Truckee and Lake Tahoe, California. A separate company known as the Lake Tahoe Railway (c. 1904) proposed to build a 65-mile (105 km) standard gauge line northeast from Placerville to Pino Grande and then Lake Tahoe (near Tallac) but construction never commenced.
Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company
Locale Tahoe City, California
Dates of operation 18991925
Track gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Previous gauge
3 ft (914 mm) gauge
Headquarters Truckee, California

The Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company was a 16-mile (26 km), 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad that ran from a connection with the Central Pacific Railway at Truckee, California to the waterfront at Lake Tahoe. The railroad was converted to 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge in 1926. The railroad operated its own property from 1899 until October 16, 1925, at which time it was leased to the Southern Pacific Company, which bought the property outright in May 1933.[1] SP abandoned the line in 1943.

Timeline

Lake Tahoe bound train at Truckee, California

Route

The route followed the Truckee River - State Route 89

Ward Creek Branch

Motive Power

The LT RR had four used Baldwin locomotives that operated on the line.

LT&T Ry No. Locomotive Type Builder Builder No. Date Built Acquired Disposition
1 2-6-0 Narrow Gauge Baldwin 3712 March 1875 January 31, 1899 from Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Flume #2 in 2015 restored by the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City
3 2-6-0 Narrow Gauge Baldwin 4062 April 1877 January 31, 1899 from Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Flume #3 Scrapped in 1926 at Sacramento
5 4-4-0 Narrow Gauge Baldwin 4222 December 1877 October 15, 1906 from South Pacific Coast Railway #5 Scrapped in 1926 at Sacramento
13 2-8-0 Narrow Gauge Baldwin 6157 April 1882 August 13, 1915 from South Pacific Coast Railway #13 Scrapped in November 1927 at Sacramento

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