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amtrak capitol limited
chicago to washington dc

An Explosion of Fall Colors En Route to the Nation's Capitol

By GERRY and PAMELA BARKER
North Palm Beach Life
Published April, 2020


We have left Chicago and are now en route to Washington DC on Amtrak's Capitol Limited. It's a journey of over 760 miles. Along the way, we'll pass through Fort Wayne, Indiana, Toledo and Cleveland, Ohio, Pittsburgh and Harper's Ferry, Maryland.  Most of the trip is overnight, but by morning we are traveling through the Maryland countryside, where the hills around us  are ablaze with late October fall foliage at its finest.  Take a look:
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​On the right is  the famous The Point of Rocks station, located between Martinsburg, WV and Washington DC. Completed in 1873,  the four-story, Gothic Revival tower  sits at the juncture of two railroad lines. No longer open to the public, it's used as a storage and maintenance facility.


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Passing through the Maryland countryside...

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Our route took us through historic Harper's Ferry, (lower left).  Located at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers, where Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia meet, it was the site of attempted slave revolt in 1859. During the Civil War, northernmost point of Confederate-controlled territory.
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The ruins of the first roundhouse in Martinsburg, West Virginia
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You can feel the history as you pass by the small towns and farms along the way. The early morning fog added to the
​\ beauty of the fall colors.

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      • Road Trip! -- The Painted Desert
      • Road Trip! - Sedona, Arizona
      • Road Trip! - Sedona Wineries
      • Road Trip! Tonto Natural Bridge State Park
      • Road Trip! - Mogollon Rim
      • Road Trip! - Verde Canyon Railroad
      • Road Trip! - Jerome, Arizona
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      • Road Trip! - Palm Springs Aerial Tramway
      • Road Trip! - Festival in Palm Springs
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      • Road Trip! Willcox Wineries
      • Road Trip! Chiricahua National Monument
      • Road Trip! Tombstone, Arizona
      • Tombstone, Part Two
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    • Traveling With Joe >
      • Beartooth Highway
      • North Cascades National Park
      • A Visit to the Philippines
      • Grand Canyon National Park
      • Glacier National Park
      • Yellowstone National Park
      • Hiking in Bear Country
      • Crater Lake National Park
      • Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta
      • The Kerrville Folk Festival
      • Building Hope in the Rio Grande Valley
    • Unknown Yellowstone >
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      • Unknown Yellowstone - Summit Lake
      • Unknown Yellowstone - Shoshone Lake
      • Unknown Yellowstone - Grizzly Lake
      • Unknown Yellowstone - Riddle Lake
      • Unknown Yellowstone - Pelican Cone
      • Unknown Yellowstone - Mt. Washburn
      • Unknown Yellowstone - Specimen Ridge
      • Unknown Yellowstone - Avalanche Peak
      • Unknown Yellowstone - Divide Creek
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