National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Life On Acela campaign

By the late 1990s the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, popularly known as Amtrak, was ready to embrace high-speed rail transportation.

National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Life On Acela campaign

Frank Caso

OVERVIEW

By the late 1990s the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, popularly known as Amtrak, was ready to embrace high-speed rail transportation. High-speed trains had been in operation for years in Europe and Japan, and Amtrak had come off poorly in comparison with those systems. The initial Amtrak high-speed train-sets (consisting of high-speed engines and redesigned coaches) were to run in the Northeast Corridor, between Boston and Washington, D.C., the area in the United States where train usage was heaviest. The new trains, named Acela (pronounced a-cell-a), were to replace the...

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