5/9/02, 8:07 AM Two bridges over Lake Pontchartrain, one carrying state highway 11 and one carrying Interstate 10, are seen from the train, which itself was passing over a third bridge over the lake.	5/9/02, 8:08 AM Two Louisianans go fishing in a boat on Lake Pontchartrain, a few yards from the train tracks. It's a popular spot, apparently.	5/9/02, 8:08 AM More fishermen on Lake Pontchartrain, near the train tracks.
5/9/02, 8:12 AM The swamplands near Slidell, Louisiana, are seen out the right side of the train.	5/9/02, 2:42 PM The skyline of Birmingham, Alabama.	5/9/02, 4:44 PM Storm clouds threaten as the train passes through eastern Alabama.
5/9/02, 6:03 PM Rain begins in western Georgia.	5/9/02, 6:04 PM Rain clouds the view in western Georgia.	5/9/02, 6:55 PM An impressive thunderhead looms menacingly over downtown Atlanta.
5/9/02, 8:05 PM The skyline of Atlanta, Georgia.	5/9/02, 8:15 PM The train, Amtrak's Crescent, sits near the highway at its stop in Atlanta.	5/9/02, 8:22 PM Part of the skyline of Atlanta, seen from outside the train during the station stop.
5/10/02, 7:37 AM Crossing the James River in Lynchburg, Virginia.	5/10/02, 8:00 AM Cows on Virginia farmlands, with the Appalachian Mountains in the background.	5/10/02, 8:15 AM A small house or shed in Virginia proudly displays the American flag.
5/10/02, 8:22 AM I look at the window at the beautiful views of rural Virginia.	5/10/02, 8:30 AM Another beautiful rural Virginia scene.	5/10/02, 8:41 AM The University of Virginia, in Charlottesville.
5/10/02, 9:18 AM An American flag adorns a business along a rural Virginia road.	5/10/02, 9:37 AM Passengers prepare to board the train in Culpeper, Virginia.	5/10/02, 10:11 AM The historic station in Manassas, Virginia, built in 1915.
5/10/02, 11:01 AM The George Washington Masonic National Memorial in Alexandria, Virginia.	5/10/02, 11:09 AM Window-washers clean the top windows of a skyscraper in Alexandria, Virginia.	5/10/02, 11:11 AM The Pentagon, seen through the trees as the train passes through Arlington, Virginia. The cranes are presumably part of the clean-up effort from Sept. 11.
5/10/02, 11:11 AM The Pentagon, seen through the trees as the train passes through Arlington, Virginia. The cranes are presumably part of the clean-up effort from Sept. 11.	5/10/02, 11:12 AM The Washington Monument and the Jefferson Memorial, seen as the train crosses the Potomac River.	5/10/02, 11:13 AM The Washington Monument.
5/10/02, 11:16 AM The Capitol, barely visible over another downtown building as the train approaches the Washington, D.C. station.	5/10/02, 11:24 AM Passengers get off at the Washington, D.C. station.	5/10/02, 11:54 AM The gate at Washington's Union Station announces Train #142 -- the last leg of my cross-country trip.
5/10/02, 12:55 PM The skyline of Baltimore, Maryland.	5/10/02, 12:55 PM A Baltimore street scene.	5/10/02, 1:15 PM The upper arm of Chesapeake Bay.
5/10/02, 1:35 PM The Wilmington, Delaware station.	5/10/02, 1:46 PM A freight train near the Delaware-Pennsylvania border.	5/10/02, 2:00 PM The football stadium at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
5/10/02, 2:01 PM The skyline of Philadelphia.	5/10/02, 2:01 PM A close-up of two of Philadephia's most distinctive skyscrapers.	5/10/02, 2:32 PM A bridge leading into Trenton, New Jersey, announces, "Trenton makes, the world takes."
5/10/02, 3:20 PM The Empire State Building and Chrysler Building, seen from a distance as the train approaches New York City.	5/10/02, 3:53 PM A flag, probably raised in the wake of Sept. 11, flies from a tall lamp post in New York City.	5/10/02, 3:57 PM The Chrysler and Empire State buildings, seen from northern Queens as the train leaves New York City..
5/10/02, 3:58 PM The skyline of Manhattan is framed by the Triborough Bridge as the train progresses north into the Bronx.	5/10/02, 3:59 PM A "Welcome to the Bronx" sign.	5/10/02, 4:33 PM An inlet from the Long Island Sound in the Cos Cob section of Greenwich, Connecticut.
5/10/02, 5:35 PM The train sits in the station during its stop in New Haven, Connecticut.	5/10/02, 6:42 PM The State Capitol building in Hartford, Connecticut, seen from the train as it approaches Hartford's Union Station.