If you plan to visit this city, forget about bring your roll of quarters to pay for parking. Everywhere you park takes credit cards, whether it is $1.75 for an hour...or $13.00 for 4 hours.
We finally found a spot to stop at down by the river. Tom took this picture for his older sister Joan.
This almost looks like another picture for a puzzle, however there were 4 police officers on horseback.
We visited the State Indian Museum where we learned a lot. No pictures were allowed inside so we got the sign outside. Did you know there was a law passed in November 16, 1990 called the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. As far as we know, it has never been rescinded however, it is currently being ignored.
A Saucer Magnolia Tree.
Grammie makes lots of friends where ever she goes.
Tom took a picture for our 4 kids that have already found theirs.
Today we visited the California State Railroad Museum. Although this picture show what may be a person doing nothing terribly important on the top of a box car, it depicts someone that is loading ice onto the box car so that the contents can be cool. That, coupled with the train being the fastest way to deliver goods across the country at the time, allowed fresh fruits and vegetables to be shipped to a huge population on the east coast. That became what is sometimes referred to as the 2nd Goldrush for the State of California. A recent sign seen beside the road yesterday...Avacados 10 for $1.00
This is known as the "Lost Spike" It is a duplicate golden spike that was never used, but was kept in the donors family until it was purchased by the Railroad Museum. It as a twin of the Last Spike, which was driven in 1869 at Promontory, Utah, to celebrate the completion of the first transcontinental railroad. Few people knew of the Lost Spike's existence until the museum purchased it from a private collection in 2005. More of the story here. Lost Spike
The 4 spikes
This engine is known as the Cab Forward. The cab forward design was useful in the long tunnels and snow sheds of Donner Pass and other mountainous regions where it kept smoke, heat, and soot away from the operating crew, allowing them to breathe clean air in such enclosed spaces. It entered service on March 19, 1944, and was retired from active service on March 5, 1956.
Grammie sitting in the conductor's seat of the 4294 Cab Forward.
The business end of the engine with attached snowplow. A good video Train snowplow
A good day in Sacramento. Thanks for keeping your eyes out for Grammie's whereabouts.
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