"Good Morning America" Train.

ABC News' "Good Morning America" (GMA) broadcast live from an Amtrak charter train, the centerpiece of a five-day Whistle-Stop Tour (September 15–19, 2008) that traveled through New York, Ohio, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Amtrak and ABC made history, as this was the first time anything of its kind had been done on live television.

Kicking off the five-day tour, anchors Diane Sawyer, Robin Roberts, Chris Cuomo, Sam Champion and the ABC crew aired the first show Monday while traveling through Massachusetts aboard specially equipped Amtrak equipment and two private rail cars. Powered by two P-42 locomotives, the train traveled through Massachusetts Monday; New York on Tuesday; Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland on Wednesday; and West Virginia on Thursday. The tour concluded on Thursday in Washington, D.C. The 11-car, 874-foot-long traveling studio, operated with Amtrak Train and Engine crews with host railroad pilots and staffed by On-Board Service employees, included two Superliner Sleeping cars, a Cross Country Café car, two Diner Lounge cars and a Transition Dorm, plus two private cars. The equipment conversion, paid for by GMA, was performed at Beech Grove and at the Albany Maintenance Facility.

Courtesy of ABC News.