Old Summit Hotel V2. First Summit Hotel - Opened in 1870, this hotel served crews and passengers of the newly-finished transcontinental railroad. A map of the area from 1884 showed an addition to the hotel, a telegraph office, freight house, engine house and a 67 foot turntable, visible as the octagonal peak roof to the right of the snowshed. Unfortunately, the hotel burned down in early 1893. Photo location: 39° 19.006’N 120° 19.739’W - near West Portal Tunnel 6