Roseman spent the next six months waking up at 4:15 a.m. to catch a train from New York to Philadelphia.

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"I thought it was just media hype, " said Stacia Kopplin, who was fleeing her financial services job shortly after noon to catch a train home to the suburbs.

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Hundreds of families, rail enthusiasts and interested onlookers took up positions at stations and on bridges to catch a glimpse of the train, as it travelled non-stop.

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The platform was packed - not only with the fortunate passengers who had their Willy Wonka-esque burgundy and gold tickets, but also with steam enthusiasts who had braved the bitter cold to catch a glimpse of this majestic train.

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The possibilities include Brussels, Vienna and Dublin, where you can catch a high-speed train or snag an intra-European budget airfare to almost anywhere.

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