Colonial (washington-boston)

HISTORY

The ''Colonial'' existed by 1935 as a service of the Pennsylvania Railroad and New York, New Haven And Hartford Railroad between Washington, DC and Boston . The PRR merged into Penn Central Transportation in 1968 , which absorbed the NYNH&H in 1969 . When Amtrak began operations on May 1 , 1971 , it took over the ''Colonial'', which ran as trains 170 and 171 (changed to 173 and 174 in the November 14 timetable). Its last trip was made on April 28 , 1973 .

In 1976 Amtrak brought the name back for the New York - Newport News '' Colonial '' to replace the removed Newport News section of the '' James Whitcomb Riley ''.

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