Interesting Points along the Way
    Merced - western terminus of the Yosemite Valley Railroad, general headquarters for the system and site of its shops and general offices. The county seat of Merced county, this charming California is typically western in character. A beautiful city in the heart of the great San Joaquin and shipping center for an immense tributary fig acreage as well as other valley produce.
    Merced is served by both Southern Pacific and Santa Fe main lines, thus permitting daytime and overnight Pullman service from both San Francisco and Los Angeles into Yosemite Valley.

Merced Arch on south highway U.S. 99