Took a morning train from Washington to New York City, riding in coach. The train was filled close to capacity. It's a much different atmosphere than on the long-distance trains in the West. People are inclined to keep to themselves, in part because many of them are traveling for work purposes and are getting ready for meetings or checking email, but I think also because the pace of life in the East is faster and people aren't as inclined to chat and just want to go about their business.
The train passed the row houses of Baltimore, the scenic rivers flowing into the Chesapeake Bay, and the bank buildings and chemical plants in Wilmington, Delaware. In Philadelphia, we caught glimpses of the city skyline, the Art Museum where Rocky ran up the steps, the picturesque boathouses used by the crew teams on the Schuylkill River, and a lot more row
houses.
Everything got more dense as we approached Manhattan through New Jersey. We could see the Manhattan skyline in the distance just before we entered the tunnel under the Hudson that took us into Pennsylvania Station.
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| Row houses in Baltimore |
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| Boathouses on Schuylkill River in Philadelphia |
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| Manhattan skyline from New Jersey |
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