Logging Railroads of Nevada
From PacificNG
Logging Railroads.
Lake Tahoe Narrow Gauge Railroad.
36in Gauge. Built by the Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Co. to supply lumber to the booming Comstock Lode. Timber was hauled down to the mill at Glenbrook and finished hauled lumber back up the ridge to Spooner Summit where it traveled by flume to their wood yard in Carson City. When the timber lands began to diminish, D. L. Bliss moved the operation to Tahoe City to construct the Lake Tahoe Railway & Transportation Co.
Glenbrook to Spooner Summit, Ormsby County. 1875 - 1899