California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento

When I wrote my post introducing this trip I realised that I had not written up many of my visits … More

Sacramento

The train arrived in Sacramento at 1 am, an hour behind schedule. I had decided to spend 24 hours in … More

People often talk about southern California (SoCal) and northern California (NorCal) but rarely talk about Central California where SoCal and … More

These pictures are presented in the order in which I took them and you can see how the colours of … More

The Sunset Limited crossed into California around 1am and pulled in the Los Angeles Union station at 7 am. The … More

Like the flora post, these are presented in the order in which I took them. I had been told that … More

Rainy desert There must be something about me and deserts. When I went walking around the Sahara, we had a … More

We had changed our watches to Mountain Time from Central Time while passing through the desert, and yet, after 19 … More

I slept from San Antonio until Del Rio for about 170 miles. Sunrise was scheduled for 6:36am and the dining … More

The Sunset Limited route starts in New Orleans and ends in Los Angeles (or vice versa if you are travelling … More