My first Trip aboard Amtrak on the Northeast Regional from Market St Terminal in Pa to the Union Station in Washinton Dc

My first Trip aboard Amtrak on the Northeast Regional from Market St Terminal in Pa to the Union Station in Washinton Dc was pretty neat.  We were heading to our Nations Capital and our Stay at the Arlington Westin Gateway thaks to Gather

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he Northeast Regional is Amtraks service betwe Newport News Virginia and  Boston Massachusetts. It has also been known as NortheastDirect, Acela Regional, and Regional. .I really liked the Business Class and  Café Car which too my surprise served Beer.

The yotal time for the trip from Philly to DC took 2 1/2 hours.

Amtrak's NEC is the heaviest traveled railroad in North America, with 1,400 trains operating over some portion of the Washington-Boston route each day. Amtrak operates approximately 120 of these trains, while the bulk of the remainder are commuter trains operating in D.C., Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Approximately 20 through freight trains operate on portions of the NEC daily, while another 50 local freights serve the 165 industrial customers adjacent to NEC tracks. The vast majority of this freight train activity occurs on the southern, New York-Washington segment of the NEC.