'Why would you do that?': I took a 65-hour train ride across the United States - and loved it

There is no direct train from New York City to Seattle, so the ride is broken up into two separate legs. PHOTOS: LAURA NG
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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.

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