The Acela II aka the Avelia Liberty by Alstom. Can reach up to 150mph. Amtrak hopes to increase high speed rail to speeds of 165mph and later on 186mph to improve high speed rail!

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  • Yeah looking at https://www.openrailwaymap.org/ the connection between NYC and Washington is a lot in the range of 100-125/135mph (not sure how up to date the openstreetmap data is where this map is based on)

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