Unfortunately for me, I had left Berlin by the time the Wall started to crumble, but within a few days I had hopped aboardatrain in France back to the city.
But those most inconvenienced were aboardatrain that left New York early Friday morning ended up grinding to a halt at 11 p.m. that night in Prince, West Virginia, after trees blocked tracks both in front of and behind it, Amtrak spokesman Steve Kulm said.