President-Elect Obama's train journey from Philadelphia took him through Wilmington, Del. where he picked up his VP Joe Biden, and Baltimore, where this photo was taken in the crowd greeting the train (by the New York Times.) A NYT description of the trip is here. The stirring (10 min) Philadelphia speech is below. Added to the 35,000 in Baltimore and the crowds in Philly and Wilmington were people at stations along the way, where the train didn't stop. From the Time magazine coverage: Most people could only see Obama's train for a matter of seconds. It rarely slowed, and Obama only stepped outside the caboose to wave on a few occasions. But none of this seemed to dent the enthusiasm of the crowds. They cheered as if the train was coming to see them, as if Obama's victory had been their victory, and it was only now just beginning. For miles and miles, for people in dress coats and work clothes, it was the same--Americans literally jumping for joy over a president who has changed his country without yet taking office.
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