Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company


The Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company was a, 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 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.
The Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company operated a narrow gauge railroad between Truckee and Lake Tahoe, California assembled from equipment formerly used on the Lake Tahoe Railroad of Glenbrook, Nevada. A separate company known as the Lake Tahoe Railway proposed to build a standard gauge line northeast from Placerville to Pino Grande and then Lake Tahoe but construction never commenced.

Timeline

The route followed the Truckee River - State Route 89
Ward Creek Branch
The LT RR had four used gauge Baldwin locomotives that operated on the line.
LT&T Ry No.Locomotive TypeBuilderBuilder No.Date BuiltAcquiredDisposition
1Baldwin3712March 1875January 31, 1899 from Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company #2in 2015 restored by the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City
3Baldwin4062April 1877January 31, 1899 from Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company #3Scrapped in 1926 at Sacramento
5Baldwin4222December 1877October 15, 1906 from South Pacific Coast Railroad #5Scrapped in 1926 at Sacramento
13Baldwin6157April 1882August 13, 1915 from South Pacific Coast Railroad #13Scrapped in November 1927 at Sacramento