page_title: Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company
section_title: Timeline
hierarchical_section_title: Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company / Timeline
caption_attribution_description: English: Courtesy Special Collections, University of Nevada-Reno Library. Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company train at Truckee, California
context_page_description: The Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company was a 16-mile, 3 ft 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 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.
  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 65-mile standard gauge line northeast from Placerville to Pino Grande and then Lake Tahoe but construction never commenced.
context_section_description: 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
caption: Lake Tahoe bound train at Truckee, California
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