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CHSA Museum Pays Tribute to the Chinese Railroad Workers

On May 9, 2014 the railroad workers were inducted into the U.S. Department of Labor’s Hall of Honor. Speeches by Deputy Secretary of Labor Christopher Lu and from the worker’s descendants.

Realtime Travel through Tunnels & Tracks in the High Sierras, May 2015

Organized by APAPA – Asian Pacific American Public Affairs

These tunnels and tracks were orginally constructed by the Chinese railroad workers. They are still in use today for freight and passenger services.

Tour filmed by Cindy Yee of Monterey Park in California

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NBC Reports: Chinese Railroad Monument Steams Toward Next Phase

Courtesy of NBC Bay Area

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NBC Reports: New Push to Honor Chinese Railroad Workers

Courtesy of NBC Bay Area

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VOA Reports: Project Remembers Chinese Railroad Workers in US Through Descendants

Courtesy of Voice of America

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Gold Mountain – Chinese in the Old West

Courtesy of CNTV

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Exploring The Donner Railroad Tunnels

The First Transcontinental Railroad was quite an ambitious project and this video highlights what was almost certainly the largest obstacle to the completion of that project.

Courtesy of TVR Exploring

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