Tens of thousands of soldiers, police and federal agents are working to secure Washington ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. Biden will no longer be taking an Amtrak train to Washington for his inauguration, a decision that was likely not easy for the president-elect. Biden’s preference for riding the train during his 36-year Senate career was such a central part of his public persona that he rode Amtrak home to Wilmington, Delaware, on his final day as vice president, and he used a train tour through Ohio and Pennsylvania during the presidential campaign as part of an effort to appeal to blue-collar workers.