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Dayum!! That's intriguing. Sounds like it's talking about sheds west of the sheds above Donner Lake (whose westward end is at Sugar Bowl). I keep meaning to ride the train to Reno and back one of these days, mostly for the historical perspective, but also to get a better idea of where it routes through in the areas that are remote from roads. The book you cited sounds like something I need to look for in the library or buy it.From the book, Greetings from the Lincoln Highway by Brian Butko: "The LH passed through four of those snowsheds in the fifty miles between Donner Pass and Emigrant Gap. ...motorists had to stop, slide open a door, check for trains, slide open the opposite door, drive through, then stop again to close both doors. ...a train could and did kill travelers that failed to pass through before the next train arrived."The book is a detailed, state-by-state, study of all routings of the LH -- including 9 pages of Nevada to Sacto via Truckee and 3 pages of Nevada to Sacto via Pioneer Branch (todays US 50..., mostly).
I think I may go down to the museum here and see what I can find on the Lincoln Highway. Until her health really started declining last summer, my 84 year old mother was a docent there for years, knows many of the authorities on the area's history, and loves to talk about this stuff. She'd get a kick out of the topic. Thanks for the cite and the interesting bit of info.
