2/12/2010
2/12/2010
Landmark information
- Location:
SP Depot, 70 Donner Pass Rd, Truckee - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
5/24/1997 - Date Most Recently Visited:
7/29/2003 - GPS Coordinates:
N 39 19.647, W 120 11.125
About this landmark
Plaque text:
First Transcontinental Railroad
Truckee
While construction on Sierra tunnels delayed Central Pacific, advance forces at Truckee began building forty miles of track east and west of Truckee moving all supplies by wagon and sled. Summit Tunnel was opened in December, 1867. The line reached Truckee April 3, 1868, and the Sierra was conquered. Rails reached Reno June 19, and construction advanced eastward one mile daily toward the meeting with Union Pacific at Promontory May 10, 1869, to complete the first transcontinental railroad.