Amtrak train hits 111 mph in test run

I have loved trains most of my life. I recently took Amtrak from North Dakota to NY and the romance was gone in the first couple of hours. I will NEVER DO THAT AGAIN. Amtrak is a joke unless (maybe) you live in a large metropolitan area, and then only for short trips. They SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL. They are old and dirty, and they make terrible time, stopping for freight trains, sitting on sidings waiting for freight trains to pass, slowing down or stopping for construction etc., etc. The infrastructure in this country is pathetic and nobody seems serious about upgrading it. Shovel ready jobs? Yeah, maybe to fix an occasional pot hole. Next trip? I will take my comfortable and clean car, and make it in half the time? There, that's my first rant on FABO, and not about A-bodies :-)
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