The Acela, Amtrak’s premium service, is the fastest train in the Western Hemisphere, with a maximum speed of 150 mph on sections of its route between Boston and New Haven, Connecticut.
The High Speed Ground Transportation Act of 1965 authorized $90 million to start a federal government initiative to develop and demonstrate high-speed ground technologies.
The Pennsylvania Railroad built the Sawtooth Bridges, a pair of railroad bridges on the Northeast Corridor in the Meadowlands in Kearny, New Jersey, in the early 20th century.
