Obama rides rails to capital, as onlookers cheer

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama, cheered by onlookers along the train route Abraham Lincoln took nearly a century and a half earlier, undertook the final leg of his inaugural journey to the nation's capital Saturday, pledging to reclaim America's spirit but also warning of steep challenges facing the country....

By JENNIFER LOVEN

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Misleading headline. I was expecting to see something written about him "riding the rail", rather than seeing him on a train trip.

For those unfamiliar, "riding the rail" in the old days was when someone was strapped to a fence rail and carried to the edge of town (frequently after being tarred and feathered).