New York City Manhattan seen from the Hudson River, on a boat cruise round the harbour

Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan, a classic view of New York City

Central Park - a panoramic view of this famous park from the “Rock”

Top Of The Rock[efeller] Building - a steady hand necessary here ..... the building really does sway .......

Looking down on St Patrick’s Cathedral, looking lost among its neighbours

New York City Stock Exchange

Grand Central Station, a restored and magnificent Beaux Arts construction, modelled in part on the Paris Opera

From New York to Washington D.C. with Amtrak

Washington D.C. - The White House

The Lincoln Memorial, temple to America’s best loved President

Abraham Lincoln, a larger than life [20 feet] statue of a man who figured large in American politics

The WWII Memorial, standing midway between the Lincoln Memorial and the Capitol, a testament to suffering and sacrifice

The Roosevelt Memorial, inscribed with many memorable quotes by this popular and successful politician & statesman

Washington D.C. - The Capitol, heart of U.S. government

Washington D.C. The Ford Theatre where Lincoln was assassinated on April 14th 1986

Washington D.C. Air and Space Museum - “One small step for a Man, one giant leap for Mankind”

Washington D.C. Union Station

The Amtrak Superliner, the standard cross-continental rolling stock, complete with sleepers on the upper deck

The Amtrak Observation Car, a popular meeting place with spacious relaxation

The Superline Sleeper Cabin, complete with toilet and shower yet spacious and comfortable

Chicago Downtown Centre, home to the first skyscrapers, the Magnificent Mile.

The Rockies - Sprague Lake- a study in tranquility

Through the Rockies National Park by train, on to Grand Junction

The landscape is ften likened to Switzerland

The Rockies National Park- the San Juan Mountains rising to 9000 feet, showing evidence of iron and other mineral deposits.

Silverton Main Street, population 500, heyday 1900 to 1910, “a gritty little mining town with Victorian pretensions”

“Handlebars” 1800’s western atmosphere with old west collectibles, rustic wooden floors, and mining memorabilia

Silverton - Durango Railroad, its cargo of minerals now long since replaced by tourists ........

...... winding its way through the Animas Canyon.

Arizona - Goosenecks Canyon, a thousand foot deep chasm, carved by the San Juan River.

Arizona Monument Valley on Navajo Indian Reservation land - the Mittens and Buttes seen from Highway 163

The Grand Canyon Railway

The Wild West comes to Williams near Flagstaff

The Wild West comes to Williams near Flagstaff

Grand Canyon South Rim - Nature’s most breath-taking wonder

Five to Six million years of erosion by the Colorado river.

A Route 66 Diner at Williams

A Route 66 Diner at Williams, faithfully restored and preserved/

The Queen Mary moored at Long Beach, Los Angeles, its ocean-going days over, now an unusual hotel

The Queen Mary - first class cabin on “M” deck, the sleeping accommodation with double porthole

“Piccadilly” on the Queen Mary, the main shopping thoroughfare between decks

The Queen Mary bar

Los Angeles, Walk of the Stars

Los Angeles another quintessential Union Station

San Francisco - the view from Twin Peaks and some of the other over 40 hills .....

San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, the world’s third largest single-span bridge

San Francisco Alcatraz, where Al Capone was once imprisoned ... for tax evasion .....

San Francisco Pier 39 by Fisherman's Wharf, with its sea-lion residents.

San Francisco’s “Painted Ladies” on Alamo Square, one of the city’s most celebrated views.

San Francisco Pacific Heights, looking towards the bay, an area full of elegant houses , with stunning viewsg

San Francisco Cable Car - a practical transportation system for the city’s steep inclines

A San Francisco Cable Car negotiates a steep hill against the backdrop of Alcatraz in the bay.