Your Southbound Trip

SHASTA ROUTESeattle-Portland-San Francisco

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

Your train shirts the base of majestic Mt. Shasta, 14,161 feet high.

SOUTHBOUND ON THESHASTA ROUTE

Southern Pacific's Shasta Route links all the EvergreenPlayground of the Pacific Northwest w i th San Fran-cisco. Shasta Route trains speed south from Portlandthrough the peaceful Willamette Valley and up intothe highest reaches of the Cascade Moun ta insaround the base of Mt. Shasta and past giant Shasta

Columbia River Gorge near Portland presents breath-taking vistas.

Vancouver, B. C., is Canada's third city, has a beautiful harbor.

MI. Rainier, 14,4oll feet high, dominates Rainier National Park.

Dam t h r o u g h rugged Nor thern Cal i fornia anddown the broad Sacramento Valley into San Francisco.Travelers f rom the East can make t ra in connectionsfrom Vancouver, B. C. (or take through connectingPullman a t Seattle o r 'Tacoma) w i t h Shasta Routetrains at Portland.

Va n c o u v e r a n d Vic tor ia , B. C. Vancouver has grown from apr im i t i ve v i l lage in to a busy, modern metropol is i n f i f t y years.Today i t is Canada's largest Pacific po r t and th i r d largest city i nthe Domin ion . Victoria, sea-girt capital o f Br i t ish Columbia, has

been called M o r e English than England." Situated on the south-ern t i p o f Vancouver Island, th is qua in t O l d Wo r l d ci ty is a fewhours' glorious cruise by steamer f rom Seattle and Vancouver.

S e a t t l e A beaut i fu l and exc i t ing ci ty i tself , Seattle is the met-ropol i tan hub fo r an immense evergreen playground. I t rises onterraced h i l ls f rom E l l io t Bay (an a rm o f Puget Sound). Behindthe c i ty is Lake Washington, 26 mi les long. T h i s lake and LakeUnion, w i t h i n the ci ty, are connected w i t h E l l i o t Bay by a six-mi le ship canal. Ferries f rom Seattle operate across E l l io t Bay tothe vast Olympic Peninsula (O lympic Nat iona l Park).

R a i n i e r N a t i o n a l P a r k Wo r l d - f a m o u s Rain ier National Parkis easily and qu ick ' ) reached b y m o t o r coach f r o m Tacoma (76miles) and Seattle (108 miles). T h e Pa rk covers an area o f 377square m i l e s su r round ing massive M t . R a i n i e r (14,408 feet) ,which the Indians knew reverently as " T h e Mounta in T h a t WasGod." Twenty-e ight glaciers f low d o w n Rain ier 's rugged slopes.

Ta c o m a T h i s th i rd largest c i ty in Washington is a th r i v ing in-dustr ia l and sh ipping center over looking a splendid harbor onPuget Sound. Behind Tacoma looms massive Mt . Rainier.

P o r t l a n d F a r - f l u n g o n b o t h sides o f t he peaceful Wi l lamet teRiver, Por t land spreads over an area o f 67 square miles. L o wtree-covered h i l ls shield the city's western edge, whi le to the eastis the Cascade Range—with snow-capped M t . Hood (11,225 feet),symmetrical M t . St. Helens and M t . ,Adams standing guard overthe ci ty. (On the western slopes o f M t . H o o d , i n the M t . HoodNat ional Forest, i s famed T i m b e r l i n e Lodge, a m i l l i on -do l la rwin ter and summer resort.) Por t land is a busy seaport and also acity o f beaut i ful homes and gardens. Every June Port land stagesits famous Rose Festival.

South from Portland, your Shasta Route train speedsthrough the center of Oregon's Willamette Valley, fol-l ow ing the love ly W i l l a m e t t e R i v e r and passingthrough many thr iv ing Northwest cities, includingOregon City, Salem (Oregon's capital), and Albany.

The Redwood Empire is ruled by ancient forest giants.

SHASTA DAMTh is is an artist's conception o f Shasta Damand Lake. Twelve miles nor th of Redding onthe m a i n l i n e o f Southern Pacif ic 's ShastaRoute, the Dam is higher than the Washing-ton Monumen t and backs up a lake 35 mileslong. I t s vast masonry is ha l f again as largeas the Great Pyramid o f Egypt.