At Poughkeepsie station I felt strangely at home at the old Reading station when I realised the platform (American English: track) numbering system. Platform 2 is on the other side of platform 1…
The journey was rather uneventful along the Hudson river.
It ended at Penn Station. Although built as part of the Pennsylvania train service in the early 20th century it was demolished and rebuilt in the 1960’s into a very modern looking station underneath Madison Square Gardens.
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