Obama boards train to Washington

The US president-elect, his wife, Michelle, and daughter Sasha arrive at Philadelphia's 30th Street station before their 137-mile journey to Washington Photograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP

Barack Obama kisses his daughter Sasha, 7, before boarding the train Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

President-elect Barack Obama on his whistle stop train journey from Philadephia to Washington, USA Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

Malik Phillip, 9, and Aja Dye, 8, wait for the president-elect outside Wilmington train station Photograph: Ron Soliman/AP

Crowds line the tracks as the train carrying Obama passes by Photograph: Timothy A. Clary/AFP

Obama and his wife wave to well-wishers as they pass through Claymont, Delaware Photograph: Brooks Kraft/AFP

Crowds stand on a bridge to cheer along the president-elect's train Photograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP

A man waves as the train carrying US President-elect Barack Obama passes by during Obama's whistle stop train journey from Philadelphia to Washington, USA Photograph: Timothy A. Clary/AFP

President-elect Barack Obama waves from the back of a train to the waiting crowd at the Claymont Amtrak rail station as it moves through Claymont, Delaware, USA. Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP

People listen to US president-elect Barack Obama during an event at the train station in Wilmington, Delaware, during whistle stop train journey from Philadelphia to Washington, USA Photograph: Timothy A. Clary/AFP

US President-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle chat with guests while travelling on their whistle stop train journey from Philadephia to Washington, USA Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP

President-elect Barack Obama waves from the back of a train to the waiting crowd at the Claymont Amtrak rail station during the whistle stop train journey form Philadelphia to Washington, USA. Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP

Councilwoman Diane Stinney from Delaware cries while watching US President-elect Barack Obama during an event at the train station in Wilmington, Delaware during the whistle stop train journey from Philadelphia to Washington, USA Photograph: Timothy A. Clary/AFP

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama speaks at a rally in Wilmington, Delaware, during his whistle stop train jounrey from Philadelphia to Washington, USA. Photograph: Jim Young/Reuters

A man dressed in a Civil War outfit watches US President-elect Barack Obama during an event at the train station in Wilmington, Delaware during whistle stop train journey from Philadelphia to Washington, USA Photograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP

People wave to U.S. President-elect Barack Obama as his train passes enroute to Baltimore, Maryland on his whistle stop train journey from Philadelphia to Washington , USA Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

A woman listens to US president-elect Barack Obama during an event at the train station in Wilmington, Delaware, during the 137-mile train trip from Philadelphia to Washington, DC. Photograph: Timothy A. Clary/AFP

Crowds are seen through a window in the train carrying President-elect Barack Obama during his whistle stop train journey from Philadephia to Washington, DC. Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AP

President-elect Barack Obama and vice president-elect Joe Biden wave from their train as they pass through Edgewood, Maryland, during their whistle stop train journey from Philadelphia to Washington, DC Photograph: Gerald Herbert/AP

A woman takes a photo of US president-elect Barack Obama's train as its passes by near Wilmington, Delaware during Obama's whistle stop train journey from Philadelphia to Washington, DC Photograph: Jim Young/Reuters

Thousands gather for a glimpse of president-elect Barack Obama at a rally, Wilmington, Delaware, during his whistle stop journey from Philadelphia to Washington, DC. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty

US president-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden stand with their wives, Michelle Obama and Jill Biden at a rally at the War Memorial Plaza in Baltimore Obama's whistle-stop tour from Philadelphia to Washington, DC. Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters