Castle AFB Museum, and the B-36,
on Google Maps;
Is that a Vulcan bomber in camo near the highway?
There's a boatload of planes in that view. Care to take a crack at ID'ing them?
That view is pretty tough on these old eyes, but yeah, definitely a Vulcan in camo - right by the tracks. Only a few positive IDs from that shot: a B-52, a B-47, a 707 variant (likely a KC-135), a C-119 "flying boxcar" (easy due to the twin-boom tail), F-4, either an F-102 or F-106 (to the right of the B-36 nose), and an F-105. And of course the B-36. What a monster!
That's without cheating by looking at the museum's website. Probably a B-17, maybe two B-29s. If memory serves, the museum at Hill AFB (Ogden, Utah), has 3 B-29s in various states of dilapidation. Never been to the museum at Merced, but can recommend the one at Ogden. Quite a collection, both indoors and outdoors.
BTW, Santa Fe Drive, the "highway," runs pretty much the length of the Central Valley. It disappears in places, or is reduced to a dirt road, only to reappear again later. Noticed that on the return from the Tehachapi detour.