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Old 08-25-2014, 08:38 AM
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As a child I lived near Chicago, and my grandparents lived in San Francisco. I loved taking the City of San Francisco to visit them. Maybe we were on the same train. it was wonderful
It was Christmas time in 1964. We crossed the Sierra - Nevada mountains in a snowstorm. The dome car had a guide who would tell us all the sights. I also remember crossing the great salt lake where you couldn't see land in any direction.