The Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company was a ,

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railroad that ran from a connection with the

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to the waterfront at

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. 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

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, 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

*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 railroad followed the

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approximately via the modern route of State Route 89. *

Truckee Truckee is an incorporated town in Nevada County, California, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 16,180, reflecting an increase of 2,316 from the 13,864 counted in the 2000 Census and having the 316th highes ...

- Interchange with Southern Pacific *Deer Creek * Squaw Valley *Tahoe Wharf *

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*Tahoe Wharf Ward Creek Branch *Ward Creek

Motive Power

The LT RR had four used gauge

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that operated on the line.

References

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lake Tahoe Railway Transportation Company Lake Tahoe Defunct California railroads 3 ft gauge railways in the United States Narrow gauge railroads in California Predecessors of the Southern Pacific Transportation Company Railway companies established in 1898 Railway companies disestablished in 1933 History of the Sierra Nevada (United States) 1898 establishments in California

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