Railway and locomotive engineering - a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock (1904) (14574086237)

Identifier: railwaylocomotiv17newy (find matches)
Title: Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock
Year: 1901 (1900s)
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Subjects: Railroads Locomotives
Publisher: New York : A. Sinclair Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation



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easide re-sorts. Santa Monica is the nearest andmost convenient. Redondo Beach andTerminal Island, where surf bathing canbe indulged in, are also easily reached. The engineers will all want to see theSouthern Pacific shops at Los Angelesand those of the Santa Fe at San Bernar-dino. The great breakwater at SanPedro, a huge undertaking by our gov-ernment, will also interest them. If time permits, every visitor tothe coast ought to see something of Cali-fornia north of the Tehachapi Pass. Ashort trip to the beautiful Yosemite Val- ley will be a pleasant memory for afteryears. Then there are famous CalaverasBig Trees. Even if one takes the directtrip to San Francisco, a few hours willbe sufficient for a side trip to the bigtrees of Santa Cruz county or those the Seal Rocks and the seals themselves.All these can be seen in one afternoon.Many different lines run out there, butthe one on the north side of Golden GatePark affords the finest imaginable viewof the Golden Gate. Across the bay to
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lIOrxT LOWE, NEAR LOS ANGELES.Ought to be Visited by People .\ttending Locomotive Engineers Convention. of the Russian River—none of which the east is the State University andcompare with the renowned giants, but south, in Santa Clara county, is Stan-still many times larger than any trees ford Universit)-, both well worth seeing.that grow elsewhere in the world. Crossing the bay toward the northAll the world has heard of the San there is a delightful ride up Mt. Tamal-Francisco Cliff House. Sutro Heights, pais. To the ^\est from the summit 206 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING May, 1904. the eyes gaze or. the Pacific Oce.n.whose waves lap the foot of the moun-tain. On the left is th; Golden Gateand behind is the bay. In the easterndistance on a clear day il is possibleto see across the State to the snow-cladSierras. Scotts Union Iron Works are on theextreme south side of San Francisco.There some of our famous battleships The Shasta roitte, between Sacramentoand Portland. Ore., enab