The 2017 #Amtrak Autumn Express Hudson River Loop experience

Jersey City skylineI've been a railfan since I was a kid. This past Friday I traveled down to NYC with my husband for the 2017 Amtrak Autumn Excursion--Hudson River Loop--which would be departing from Penn Station on Saturday, October 14. This is the fifth year Amtrak has offered this special trip (each year the location changes) and it's my first time taking it. Since the train was scheduled to leave at 8 a.m., we left our hotel (which was across the street) and arrived inside NYP around 7:...