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Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company

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Dates of operation
  
1899–1925

Headquarters
  
Truckee

Previous gauge
  
3 ft (914 mm) gauge

Locale
  
Tahoe City

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Track gauge
  
4 ft 8 ⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

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 1⁄2 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. SP abandoned the line in 1943.

Contents

Timeline

  • December 19, 1898 - Railway Incorporated
  • May 1, 1900 - Operations commence between Truckee and Lake Tahoe
  • October 16, 1925 - Railway leased to Southern Pacific Railroad
  • May 15, 1926 - Line converted to Standard Gauge by SP
  • May 1933 - Railway sold to SP
  • November 10, 1943 - Line abandoned by SP

    • Route

    The route followed the Truckee River - State Route 89

  • Truckee - Interchange with Southern Pacific
  • Deer Creek
  • Squaw Valley
  • Tahoe Wharf
  • Tahoe City
  • Tahoe Wharf

    • Ward Creek Branch

  • Ward Creek

    • Motive Power

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

    References

    Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company Wikipedia
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