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Truckee Donner Railroad Society

Sierra Nevada Railroading - 1st Continental Route - May 10, 1869

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TRUCKEE  TRESTLE  TOUR

  The
 Truckee Donner Railroad Society
invites YOU

to join us on a tour of trestles and their locations around Truckee.   We will visit logging railroad routes, roadbeds, and trestle locations of the Truckee Lumber Co., Crown Willamette Paper Co.,  Hobart Estates [Sierra Nevada Wood & Lumber Co.], Boca & Loyalton Ry.[later Clover Valley Lumber Co.], and Verdi Lumber Co. 

 When: Sunday Afternoon, June 30, 2002, beginning at 1:30 PM
Where:   Meet at the Truckee Chamber of Commerce, in the Truckee Depot

 Preparation:   Secure a current copy of the USFS'S TAHOE NATIONAL FOREST MAP. Read David W. Myrick's Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California, Volume I  [available locally},  pages 416-453,   "Logging Railroads---Lake Tahoe and Truckee River Basin", and then additionally pages 398-409 "BOCA AND LOYALTON RAILROAD"  and pages 410-415, "VERDI LUMBER COMPANY".   This will help prepare you for the test.

 We recommend hiking gear; good boots or hiking shoes are a must.   This is a backwoods adventure, so come dressed comfortably and prepared for an expedition.    We will hike a couple of miles [broken into smaller segments], and the trip will cover 40-50 miles of paved highway, USFS system roads, some rather doubtful 4-wheel-drive trails, and old railroad roadbed.   Please bring whatever food and drink you'd like to have for a long afternoon---there will be no fast food available on this tour.   Cameras are recommended.  Cell phones are allowed, and should be turned off as we leave Truckee.  This trip usually takes from 4-6 hours, depending on road and trail conditions, questions, photo opportunities, debates, serendipitous finds, etc., and is never the same twice.   We will not be more than 30 miles from Truckee, so escape is possible when boredom sets in.