Additional Sources.
Carson & Tahoe, Lumber & Fluming Co. and Lake Tahoe Railway & Transportation Co.Compiled by Randy Hees.
Printed Sources.
Mallory Hope Ferrell, Rails Around Lake Tahoe, (Signature Press, Berkeley & Wilton CA 2012).
A recent well illustrated history of the Bliss Family railroads (C&TL&F, and Lake Tahoe Railway & Transportation Co.) as well as other lines in the area.
Fredric Shaw, Clement Fisher Jr, & George Harland, Oil Lamps & Iron Ponies, A Chronicle of the Narrow Gauges, (Bay Books Limited, San Francisco, 1949) pp 187.
Includes histories of Nevada County Narrow Gauge, Lake Tahoe Railway & Transportation Co., North Pacific Coast Railroad, Sumpter Valley Railroad, South Pacific Coast Railroad, Illwaco Railway and Navigation Co., Pacific Coast Railway, and Pajaro Valley Consolidated Railroad.
This is particularly good at addressing the roll of Bill Thomas who’s railroad career included the North Pacific Coast, the Lake Tahoe Railway & Transportation Co. and the Mt Tamalpais & Muir Woods.
Owen F McKeon, The Railroads and Steamers of Lake Tahoe, Originally published by The Western Railroad as vol. 9, no. 4, issue 79, March 1949, later republished with permission by The Lake Tahoe Historical Society, P.O. Box 404 South Lake Tahoe, 1984, pp 22.
George Hilton, American Narrow Gauge Railroads, (Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA, 1990) pp 580.
Comprehensive history of the American narrow gauge movement. Includes a one page history of the LTRy&T Co.
David Myrick, Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California, (Vols. 1 & 2, Howell-North Books, Berkeley California, 1962) (republished by University of Nevada, including the addition of a third volume)
Included chapters on Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Co (p 417-422, vol 1) and Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Co (p 430 – 435, vol 1) as well as information on other Lake Tahoe logging operations, plus rosters of locomotives in vol 2.
Glenbrook Trail Hike (produced by the Nevada State Railroad Museum, 2002) pp 26.
Hiking guide and history of the C&TL&F Co, including maps and photos
Edward Scott, The Saga of Lake Tahoe, (Sierra-Tahoe Publishing Co, Cristal Bay, South Lake Tahoe, NV, 1957) pp 519.
General history of the Lake Tahoe area. Includes information and photos of both the LTRy&T and C&TL&F Companies.
George Wharton James, Lake of the Sky, Lake Tahoe, (by author, Pasadena CA, 1915) pp 395
Travel guide for the Lake Tahoe area, written while the railroad was in operation.
Sessions S Wheeler (with William W Bliss) Tahoe Heritage, The Bliss Family of Glenbrook, Nevada (University of Nevada Press, Reno, 1992).
Jack Harpster, Lumber Baron of the Comstock, The Life and Times of Duane L. Bliss, (American History Press, Staunton VA, 2015) ISBN 978-1-939995-10-0.
John R Signor, Donner Pass Southern Pacific’s Sierra Crossing, (Golden West Books, San Marino, CA, 1985) pp 290.)
Has information on the Lake Tahoe line as a standard gauge SP branch.
Dick Wilson, Sawdust Trails in The Truckee Basin, (Nevada County Historical Society, Nevada City, CA, 1992) ISBN 0-916541-04-6
Ev Mills, Editor, Overland Route, Lake Tahoe Line, (History West, North Highland CA 1981)
One of a series of books done with support of California State Parks, the California State Railroad Museum, and the Pacific Coast Chapter of R&LHS, this volume contains photos and post cards covering the line both as narrow and standard gauge.