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'Why would you do that?': I took a 65-hour train ride across the United States - and loved it
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There is no direct train from New York City to Seattle, so the ride is broken up into two separate legs.
PHOTOS: LAURA NG
Laura Ng
It is late February, cold and dry, and New York City feels like it is aching for the warmth of spring.
The 20 deg C temperature draws out the entire city like desperate moths to a flame, bare shoulders and pale calves emerging into the weak Eastern sunlight.
