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 opened in December, 1867. The line reached Truckee on April 3, 1868, and the Sierra was conquered. Rails reached Reno on June 19, and construction advanced eastward one mile daily toward the meeting with Union Pacific at Promontory on May 10, 1869, completing the first Transcontinental Railroad.

Truckee, California · United States