Catman- The "new" trains we will see running from DC to NYC and Boston are NOTHING like the Bullet trains in Europe. The Euro bullets often reach speeds of 170 mph plus (sometimes higher in the rural areas). From what I understand, while the new trains we'll see here in the NE corridor are speedy, the tracks can't handle the high speeds so there will be "speed limits"(only to about 120 mph max). I love the train to/from DC and NYC. A few years ago they were "testing" various models on the DC-NYC Metroliner route. I scheduled myself for one of the test runs and found it a vast improvement over the current Metroliner service. It was very comfortable, quite speedy and even banked into high speed turns. Perhaps if you're lucky, you may find both Sam Adams AND Pepsi products in the Bar Car!!!