Takes the reader on an imaginary trip through California while offering information about the history and geography of the major cities and towns.

The Sacramento Northern Railway was once a critical interurban link between California{u2019}s northern Central Valley communities, the state capital, and the Bay Area. Running through orchards, farmland, swamps, and cities, this electric railway began its life in 1905. Service eventually ran from Chico to Oakland, but after the Bay Bridge opened in 1939, the 186-mile route started in San Francisco{u2019}s Financial District, crossed the bridge on...