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Your Northbound

CALIFORNIA TRIP]S•PLos Angeles—San Francisco

THE F R I E N D L Y S O U T H E R N P A C I F I C

Streamlined Coast Daylights edge the Pacific Ocean.

Los Angeles to San FranciscoThere are two Southern Pacific lines between Los An-geles and San Francisco: the San Joaquin Valley Line,with side trips ( i f you wish) to Sequoia, Kings Canyonand Yosemite Nat ional Parks; a n d the Coast L ine,closely fol lowing El Camino Real ( "The King's High-way") over which the early padres traveled to establishtheir chain of missions. (Southern Pacific is the onlyrailroad operating along the Pacific Ocean shore be-tween Los Angeles and San Francisco.)

The Coast LineYou may wish to see the Coast Line from Los Angelesto San Francisco on one of Southern Pacific's mil l ion-dollar streamlined Daylights—the most beautiful trainsin the world. These trains show you the beaches, sea-side resorts and story-book cities of the Mission Trail—by daylight. Or you may travel overnight between LosAngeles and San Francisco on the famous Lark or theCoaster economy train. Leaving beautiful Los Angeles

You ' l l w e mi le on mi le of Southern Ca l i f o rn ia orange groves.

Union Termina l , you pass through Glendale, Bur -bank and Oxnard to Ventura, where the Coast L inemeets the Pacific Ocean and skims along its shore for113 breath-taking miles! Yo u pass Carpinter ia andthen comes Santa Barbara.

S a n t a B a r b a r a Served exclusively b y Southern Pacif ic CoastLine trains, Santa Barbara is a picturesque seaside resort ci ty o fSpanish architecture. Mission Santa Barbara (on the r ight side ofthe tracks as you enter the city) was founded in 1786 by jun iperoSerra and is probably the best-preserved of a l l 21 Cal i forn ia mis-sions. I t is renowned for i ts beaut i fu l gardens and scenic settingbeside t h e b lue Pacific, w i t h tower ing moun ta ins i n t h e back-ground. Santa Barbara is famous f o r her co lo r fu l festivals tha tcelebrate the memory of bygone Spanish Ca l i fo rn ia days.

Leaving Santa Barbara, your Coast Line train races onbeside the sea r o u n d i n g Point Conception andspeeding through Surf to Pismo, where i t leaves theocean and begins its climb over the rugged Santa Lucia

Br ida lve i l Fa l l , one of five great water fa l ls i n Yosemi te Na t i ona l Park.

There are groves of " B i g Trees" i n Yosemite, Sequoiaand Kings Canyon N a t i o n a l Parks.

Mountains. In the spring the hillsides are bright withmulti-ceolored wild flowers. Halfway point of your tr ipis San Luis Obispo, old Spanish mission (1772) town.Crossing the summi t , y o u r t r a i n descends againthrough a r ich grazing country dotted w i th ancientoaks. Busy agricultural communities flash past yourcar windows. Paso Robles, site o f the famous hotsprings. Mission San Migue l (p la in ly visible on thewest side of the tracks), bu i l t of adobe in 1797. Next,San Miguel, King City, Soledad and Salinas.

S a l i n a s T h i s is Cal i fornia's "Rodeo C i t y " and capital o f therich Salinas Val ley. Nearby l and produces enormous quant i t iesof lettuce, sugar beets, etc. Just n o r t h o f the c i t y, you pass thegreat arena where the annual rodeo is he ld, one o f the largestand most exci t ing shows o f i ts k ind i n the country.

After Salinas comes Castroville, where a branch l ineextends west to the beautiful Monterey Peninsula.

M o n t e r e y P e n i n s u l a T h e Peninsula ju ts out into the PacificOcean. \ \ 1 I n ' graceful curve o f Monterey Bay on t h e no r th

California in the spring is bright with colorful wild flowers.

and Carmel Bay on t he south. T h i s is the "Ci rc le o f Enchant-ment," fabulous p layground w i t h beaches o f snow-white sand,championship golf courses ( inc luding famed Pebble Beach), milesof b r id le paths through f ragrant p ine and cypress forests, tenniscourts s w i m m i n g , sailing, shooting, polo. Nearby are SpanishMonterey, capital o f Cal i forn ia under three flags; As i lomar, Pa-cific Grove , Carmel-by-the-Sea a n d h i s t o r i c Ca rme l Miss ion,where Jun iper° Serra is bur ied.

Next, you speed through Watsonville Junction, in therich Pajaro Valley, famed for its apples and lettuce.Here a Southern Pacific branch l ine cuts west to thelovely resort city of Santa Cruz wi th its famous grovesof Giant Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens).

S a n t a C r u z T h i s is a de l i gh t fu l vacat ion c i ty w i t h a famousbeach complete w i t h casino, boardwalk , amusement zone a n dfishing pier. Deep-sea fishing is a popu la r off-shore sport.

Mission Santa Barbara (1786) is renowned for beautiful gardens.

Continuing north, the Coast L ine runs through Gil-roy, famed for its orchards, t o San Jose, hub of thefertile Santa Clara Valley, at the south end of the SanFrancisco Peninsula. Edging San Francisco Bay, youspeed through miles of neat prune and apr icot or-chards, past a dozen lovely suburban towns: SantaClara (Santa Clara University), Palo Alto (seat of Stan-

The Coast "Daylights" speed through miles of blossoming orchards.

Acres of prune blossoms meet your eye in the Santa Clara Valley.

ford University), Redwood City, San Mateo, Bur l in-game . . and before you know it, you're gliding to astop in San Francisco!

The San Joaquin Valley Line to San FranciscoFrom Los Angeles, the streamlined San Joaquin Day-light and the Owl, by night, fol low the San JoaquinValley Line, swinging inland, across the Mojave Des-ert and over the rugged Tehachapi Mountains to Bak-ersfield, prosperous valley city surrounded by oil fields.Continuing north, you pass through Tulare and Fres-no, the valley's largest city anti center of the raisin in-dustry. Fresno is a convenient starting point for theside tr ip to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.

The world's largest bridge (81/4 miles) spans San Francisco Bay.

C a l i f o r n i a B i g Tr e e s I n Sequoia and Kings Canyon NationalParks are some o f the f inest specimens o f t h e celebrated - B i gTree," o r Sequoia gigantea (once w ide l y d i s t r i bu ted b u t n o wfound exclusively i n Cal i fornia). One nob le g iant , t he GeneralGrant Tree i n t he Giant Grove, has t h e greatest base diameter(40.3 feet) and the largest diameter at 200 feet f r om the ground(slightly less than 12 feet) of any known sequoia. Th is tree, one ofthe most famous in the United States, is 267 feet high.

Continuing north from Fresno, the San Joaquin Val-ley L ine goes through Merced, gateway to YosemneNational Park.

Yo s e m i t e N a t i o n a l P a r k T h i s scenic wonder and year-around•acationland i s an easy side t r i p f r om Merced by mo to r coat h.

The e n t i r e P a r k embraces 1,176 square m i l e s o f mounta ins,streams and b lue Sierra lakes. Yosemite Val ley p roper is aboutseven mi les long, averages 114 mi les i n w i d t h . I t i s f lanked b ymi le-high g ran i te walls. M a n y waterfal ls t u m b l e roar ing t o i tsgreen-meadowed floor. Memorable and t h r i l l i n g is the view ft outGlacier P o i n t (3,254 feet h igh) , and t h e t r i p t o Mariposa R igl i c e Grove. I n winter, Yosemite is one of the West's greatest sh insports centers.

Leaving Merced, your train speeds through more agri•cultural towns, through Turlock, Modesto and .1i•aeyto Pittsburg, where the San Joaquin anti Sacramentorivers join to flow into San Francisco Bay. Next tome

Golf is but one of many sports on ih r lamed Atontelev Pftlitittshi

aRichmond, Berkeley and Oakland, i npu t n t mann-facturing center and seaport (( I iron la's thit d LH gestcity).

San F r a n c i s c o A ferryboat r ide f rom Oakland Pier. tictogs SanFrancisco Bay and 1111(let the wor lds hugest l i i dge. s Shill lus tin t roduct ion t o San Francisco. A n d . I n d y. i i i s t he hest oh a l lpossible ways to approach th is itotnaluic i t y his t h e Golden Gate.You' l l spend many happy hours (Aldo] dug San h tam ett C h i n atown and Fisherman's Wharf . d ining in u osinoptpliian hotels andrestaurants, r i d ing cable cars us ei t h e hi l ls.

SThe friendly Southern Pacific

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: C. E. Peterson, VP, System Psgr. Traffic, San Francisco; O. P. Bartlett, PTM, Chicago; J. FL Desherow, PTM, New York ; J. F.Sullivan, PTM, Houston ; or general and district representatives at: Amarillo, Atlanta, Birmingham, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Denver, Detroit,Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Louisville, Memphis, Minneapolis, New York, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia. Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, Seattle,Spokane, Tulsa, Washington, D. C., Winston-Salem ; or representatives at every point directly located on Southern Pacific rails. See phone book for local addresses.

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