Amtrak's NextGen Acela trains, part of the fastest new fleet in America, pulled into Penn Station on Thursday morning. The first public trains to New York City picked up passengers just before 10 a.m.

AND HOW FAST. JENNIFER. WELL, ED AND MARIA. THE TRAIN IS NOW GONE, BUT EARLIER TODAY, THERE WAS QUITE THE FANFARE HERE AT SOUTH STATION. WELCOMING THAT NEXT GENERATION OF TRAIN ON BOARD AMTRAK’S ...

Usually, the sounds associated with Eugene’s Amtrak Station are regular train horns and the rhythmic chug of wheels on tracks as railcars pass over them. Now, the sound of heavy machinery crunching ...