| Last updated on November 3, 2020
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WASHINGTON — Acting in what it said is “direct response to customer requests,” Amtrak is adding an additional Saturday Acela Express round trip on the Northeast Corridor beginning May 4.
The additional service will have train No. 2252 departing Washington at 10:50 a.m. with arrival in New York at 1:53 p.m. and Boston at 5:58 p.m., while train No. 2255 will depart Boston and 12:55 p.m., arriving in New York at 4:47 p.m. and Washington at 8:01 p.m.
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More beside the point anecdotes: many years ago N’west offered 2 RT business class tkts. to Europe for 80K miles, which combined with the affinity card and brand loyalty was not a stretch. And on one trip, celebrating an anniversary, the stewardess presented us an unopened bottle of Gosset Champagne to carry off the plane, which we drank on the high speed train from Frankfurt to Munich. Gosset remains a favorite, as do memories of sitting upstairs in the intimate confines of a 747. Later on, our family nickname for NW became “Northwurst” in spite of no brats.
As I have found in many news stories on the Web, the lack of editing for mistakes appears minimal. In this case, the northeast corridor is now the “Northwest” corridor.
When the people-that-matter want trains, they GET trains.
Too bad about the yokels in fly-over country.
Curtis, Yes of course I remember Northwest Airlines. Flew it many times. The brand Northwest Orient (not the official name) was phased out many years ago but I remember seeing it on airplanes maybe into the 1970’s. This was a great livery compared to the ugly gray and red paint job Northwest had at its decline.
The monument plaque to Dick Anderson at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport’s Delta/ Air France/ KLM terminal mentions that the terminal was built for Northwest. Delta came later.
Prior to Delta, both Northwest and Republic were strong here in the Great Lakes. Northwest was #1 at MSP, followed by Republic. Republic was #1 at DTW, followed by Northwest. So you can see it was the merger of Northwest and Republic that created the hubs Delta now uses at those two Upper Midwest cities.
Anyone remember “Northwest Orient Airlines” as perhaps Mr. Anderson’s first employer?