The Bay Area once had a ski train to Tahoe in the 1930s equipped with a well-stocked bar.
The Southern Pacific railroad began operating the Snowball Special to Lake Tahoe in 1928 and semi-regularly to Donner and Truckee starting in 1931.: “The trains would depart from Oakland at midnight and were equipped with all the comforts a skier might need. Of course, there was a well-stocked bar car so travelers could party through the night. Arriving at Sugar Bowl early the next morning, skiers could enjoy the mountain for the day, returning exhausted on the train that evening.
Cars and roads killed the demand for the Snowball Special, although other winter-only trains have traveled the route since then. In the book"Donner Summit" by Arthur Sommers, the author
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