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Except for Colusa, photos were taken from a moving train through dirty windows.
We took the train from Emeryville to Burlington, Iowa, to visit family in Illinois.  It takes two full days, so we booked a small sleeper.  It was pretty small, with bunk beds.  The beds were a little firm for us, and we both had trouble sleeping.  When the upper bunk was down, there was practically no room.  With the upper bunk up, and the lower bunk made into seats, there was a small table that could be set down (airplane style), but knees were a problem.  And very little room for luggage – the big pieces were on the luggage racks downstairs.  Partly because of the cramped quarters, and partly because the windows are bigger in the observation car and you can see both sides, we spent most of our time in the observation car.  


Slide show of photos in this blog:
    Between Emeryville and Colfax, CA
    Sierras
    Utah
    Colorado and the Rockies
    Iowa
    Colusa, IL

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Thu, Dec 19 and Tue, Dec 31: Between Emeryville and Colfax, CA

Between Emeryville and Colfax

Going East, Dec 19, 2013

Graffitti on a rail car:

Going West, Dec 31, 2013

Thu Dec 19 and Tue Dec 31: Sierras

Notice the appalling lack of snow.

Going East, Dec 19, 2013

Truckee:

More Sierras:

Icycles from leaky aquaduct:

Outlet for the aquaduct:

More:

Going West, Dec 31, 2013