[log in to unmask] wrote:
>This is of interest for Amtrak fans - the new "Acela Express" trains
>have TGV-based locomotives, but traditional separately-coupled
>coaches of Canadian design. Current Amtrak plan is to start operating
>these trains (at 150 mph max) in November between Boston and Washington.
Speaking as someone who lives at the opposite end of that run from Mike,
I would like to point out that in 1999 this service was also supposed to
start in November (and several months in between). In November 2001 I
do have to go to Washington, so maybe by then...