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be following the old Erie Canal, and a number of the canal locks
can be seen from the right side of the train. When it was fin-
ished in 1825, the canal connected Buffalo on Lake Erie with the
Hudson River at Albany, allowing people and goods to travel by
water all the way from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. The
eastbound Lake Shore splits into two trains at Albany. The New
York section runs due south for several hours, with the Hudson
River on the right, before reaching New York City. After leaving
Albany, the other section heads east to Pittsfield in the middle of
the Berkshire Mountains, which is one of the choice skiing areas
in the entire East. From there through Springfield and Worcester,
you'll pass through many charming little New England towns
before reaching Boston.

Capitol Limited (29, 30)

Stops: Chicago, Toledo, Cleveland,

Pittsburgh, Harpers Ferry, Washington

Frequency: Daily

Distance: 780 miles

Duration: 17½ hours

Equipment: Superliner coaches, sleepers, dining

car, lounge car

The eastbound trip is, I think, the more scenic of the two. The
train leaves Chicago in the early evening and reaches Pittsburgh
by dawn. You'll have daylight from there all the way into Wash-
ington. It's a very pretty run—you travel across the Allegheny
Mountains in West Virginia, make a stop at Harpers Ferry, pass
through Maryland farm country, and finally arrive in Washing-
ton by early afternoon. The westbound trip is very nice too; it's
just that you'll be passing through that stretch around Pittsburgh
in darkness. The Capitol Limited is one of the few eastern trains
to have Superliner equipment.