lots of posts here about California rail. Nothing yet about the Acela Express from Boston to NYC to Phila to DC (with stops at many smaller cities in between li

lots of posts here about California rail. Nothing yet about the Acela Express from Boston to NYC to Phila to DC (with stops at many smaller cities in between like New Haven, Newark, etc). To call it "express" is some kind of sick joke. Its an 8+ hour ride. There is a large section thru Connecticut where the train must slow down significantly (40 mph iirc) because the route on which the tracks laid down is 100 years old. The curves, etc are simply not rated for anything faster. Getting rights of way adjusted to fix that for HSR use would require an act of God or Congress since there must be dozens of jurisdictions involv