Education

TDRS offers many educational opportunities.

Upon request, Truckee Donner Railroad Society will do mini-classes for grade school children. Contact our historian.

Operation Lifesaver - Operation Lifesaver is a non-profit, international continuing public education program first established in 1972 to end collisions, deaths and injuries at places where roadways cross train tracks, and on railroad rights-of-way
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Further Reading - To find out more about logging, the Transcontinental Railroad, and other railroads of the Truckee area, look for some of the following books.

Video's of trains in action - See the exciting train operation in and around the Truckee area. Find some video's that cover the area's trains.

Video of the transcontinental Railroad from Sacramento to Donner Summit

Trestle Tour

Trestle Tours are given each year in the summer and fall.

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Sierra Nevada Geotourism