BULLET TRAIN

An artist’s rendering depicts Amtrak’s new high-speed “Acela” train. Amtrak took the wraps off the nation’s first high-speed rail system Tuesday March 9, 1999, a $2 billion service that will race between Boston, New York and Washington at 150 mph.
The new trains are scheduled to start running in October along tracks that Amtrak currently uses for its Northeast Corridor service. (AP Photo/Amtrak)