When I lived in New Jersey and did a lot of travel for business, I’d always take the train when I had a trip down to Washington DC. Back in those days, my company would pay for the train ticket and I’d upgrade it to the Club Car, which had swivel chairs with waiter service, free food, and free drinks. Very posh.

So on this trip, when I decided I wanted to go to DC for a few days, I booked a seat on Amtrak’s Acela in Business Class. Not as nice as the Club Car in the 1990s, but no complaints, especially since the train reaches speeds of up to 125 miles per hour and we got to Washington in about 3 hours.

Waiting on the other end was Washington’s historic Union Station, an amazing old train station from the heydays of train travel that was completely refurbished years ago. I snapped this photo when I returned to the station on Tuesday to visit the Verizon store; its the first photo I took with my new iPhone Xs.

The main concourse of Washington DC’s Union Station.