CONWAY — Romance and fun — not just skiing — were the lure of the snow trains that brought skiers to the pioneering winter playgrounds of New England from the 1930s to the early ’50s.
Appalachian Mountain Club member John Holden, who saw ski train excursions in Munich, Germany, reported on the concept at a club meeting, and Park Carpenter, another AMC member, brought the idea to the Boston and Maine Railroad, which was desperate to rebuild its faltering ridership.
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