the Toronto-Montreal Via Rail trains travel at the similar distance of NY-Montreal route of 360 miles, but the Canadians do it better at 5 hours one way and they're trying to make it within 3 hours in the next decade.. maybe the Americans are still trying to beat the train system of USSR? I heard that in the 1980s the Japanese can travel 360 miles in 2 hours... oh well, that was 30 years ago before The Simpsons.

To survive on NY-Montreal Amtrak's 11 hours, I guess one has to dial back the clock by reading a book from pre-1900s on the train ride.. so that one will appreciate how fast the train is actually going when compares to those rode by Teddy Roosevelt.