Bay Area developer buys Truckee's historic railyard

Sacramento Bee ^ | January 21, 2004 | Barbara Barte Osborn

[farmfriend]

TRUCKEE -- An Emeryville development firm has purchased Union Pacific Railroad's Truckee railyard, a 30-acre site east of this historic mountain town's commercial row shopping area.

The firm, Holliday Development, specializes in creative residential and mixed-use developments throughout Northern California and will work with the town in planning commercial/housing development on the site, Truckee Mayor Josh Susman said.

[farmfriend]

Short list.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!

[Old Professer]

I haven't been in Truckee since 1982 when we had our condo in Incline Village; back then the trains were filled with logs.

[farmfriend]

They were doing major road construction, over passes etc, last time I went through.

[Tacis]

I hope they budgeted a little something extra for the extortion. My bet is that they will find that a portion of the rail yard was actually a place where they burried blacks, way long ago. Before they can build on the plot, they are going to have to pay off the black citizens in some way.

[B4Ranch]

You're thinking of the Chinese railroad workers, aren't you?

[B4Ranch]

Sparks/Reno RR Yard doesn't have a turn around facillity. I wonder where the next closest one is.

[farmfriend]

Yes but with land use restrictions in SF, where else are they going to go?