page_title: Camino, Placerville and Lake Tahoe Railroad
hierarchical_section_title: Camino, Placerville and Lake Tahoe Railroad
caption_attribution_description: English: Route in 1947
context_page_description: The Camino, Placerville and Lake Tahoe Railroad was an 8-mile Class III short-line railroad operating in the Sierra Nevada in California, east of Sacramento. It was built primarily to haul lumber from the El Dorado National Forest. The standard gauge line ran west 8.05 miles from a sawmill at Camino to a connection with the Placerville Branch of the Southern Pacific Company at Placerville. Loaded cars of lumber descended a 3.5 percent grade from 3,150 feet at Camino to 1,900 feet at Placerville.
context_section_description: The Camino, Placerville and Lake Tahoe Railroad (reporting mark CPLT)  was an 8-mile (13 km) Class III short-line railroad operating in the Sierra Nevada in California, east of Sacramento.   It was built primarily to haul lumber from the El Dorado National Forest.  The standard gauge line ran west 8.05 miles (12.96 km) from a sawmill at Camino to a connection with the Placerville Branch of the Southern Pacific Company at Placerville. Loaded cars of lumber descended a 3.5 percent grade from 3,150 feet (960 m) at Camino to 1,900 feet (580 m) at Placerville.
caption: Route in 1947
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