President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. waved from the back of a private rail car called the Georgia 300, built in 1939, which has carried former Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton. The same blue vintage rail car carried Mr. Obama on a tour through Pennsylvania during his primary campaign.

 

Photo: Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times

Obama Arrives in Washington After Train Trip

By JEFF ZELENY 26 minutes ago

President-elect Barack Obama took an abridged version of Abraham Lincoln’s journey by rail in 1861.

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