Lake Tahoe Railway & Transportation Company collection
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Title: Lake Tahoe Railway & Transportation Company collection
Dates: 1898-1900
Collection Number: MS 125
Creator/Collector:
Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company
Extent: 1 half-box
Repository:
California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Sacramento, California 95814
Abstract: A ledger and a journal from the Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company.
Language of Material: English
This collection is open for research at our off-site storage facility with one week's notice. Contact Library & Archives
staff to arrange for access.
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must also be obtained by the reader.
Lake Tahoe Railway & Transportation Company collection. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Gift of the Southern Pacific Transportation Company, San Francisco, 1988
Biography/Administrative History
The Lake Tahoe Railway & Transportation Company was incorporated in December 1898 by the Duane L. Bliss family. Two years
later the narrow gauge line began operation between Truckee and Tahoe City, California. The company operated both trains
and lake steamers. In 1925 the railroad was leased to the Southern Pacific and converted to standard gauge the following
year. It was sold outright to the Southern Pacific eight years later. The line was abandoned in 1943.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Lake Tahoe Railway & Transportation Company records consists of a ledger and journal. The first volume contains entries
for stock subscriptions, steamers earnings and expenses, and expenditures for railroad construction, beginning in December
1898 and continuing through April 1900. The journal contains similar entries month by month from April 1899 through March
1900.