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California’s Salton Sea: A rail photo gallery
IN 1957 I TOOK THE FOLLOWING EXTENDED TRIP ( I WAS A TELEGRAPH OPERATOR WITH C N R ) ALL THESE TRIPS DOEN WITH PASSES AND I PAID EXTRA FARE ON SOME TRAINS.
EXCUSE ALL CAPS AS AT 82 YEARS OLD EYESIGHT IS NOT 20-20
FROM WINNIPEG MANITOBA I RODE NORTHERN PACIFIC #14 FROM EMERSON JCT MANITOBA FOR A COUPLE HOURS IN THE ENGINE UP TO GRAND FORKS
AT GRAND FORKS ND I CAUGHT G.N. WESTERN STAR TO SPOKANE
STAYED OVER NIGHT AND TOOK G N TRAIN TO THE WEST COAST EN ROUTE TO WHITE ROCK B.C. VIA G N
FROM WHITE ROCK ( VANCOUVER B C ) TO VICTORIA THEN TO SEATTLE BY BOAT
THENCE FROM SEATTLE SOUTHWARD VIA CITY OF PORTLAND ( I THINK )TO PÔRTLAND AND THEN è SHASTA DAYLIGHT È TO MARTINEZ CA AND ON TO SAN FRANCISCO
FROM THERE TO NEW ORLEANS VIA SOUTH PACIFIC TRAIN THAT LEFT SAN FRANCISCO AT NIOGHT - FROM PALM SPRINGS TO YUMO I RODE IN THE ENGINE PAST THE SALTON SEA…
FROM NEW ORLEANS I TOOK I C TO CHICAGO BUT RODE IN THE ENGIONE FROM NEW ORLEANS TO JACKSONVILE ( I THINK IT WAS )
FROM CHICAGO TO DETROIT THEN TO TORONTO
TORONTO & RETURN VIA C N THEN I BOT A CADILLAC AND DROVE BACK TO MANITOBA
I WISH I HAD KEPT BETTER RECORDS OF THIS TRIP WITH ITS MANY MANY INTERESTING AND OUT OF THE ORDINARY HAPPENINGS
ALL THE RAILROAD PEOPLE I MET WERE JUST AS FRIENDLY AND HELPED ME TO GET A RIDE IN THE ENGINES
EARL E
SYMONDS
BOX 146
SANDY LAKE,MB R0J 1X0