Step aboard Amtrak Acela 2248 for a first-class ride from Washington DC to New York City. Traveling up to 150 mph along the Northeast Corridor, this is the fastest train in the U.S. In this review, I ...

A quarter century after the Acela began whisking passengers between Washington, D.C.; New York; and Boston, the Acela’s slightly faster replacement finally began service at the end of August. But the ...