Amtrak service attendant Michael Peterson (2nd R) talks with another Amtrak worker as they watch Amtrak's Acela high speed train arrive at Boston's South Station after its first regularly scheduled run with paying passengers from Washington, D.C. to Boston December 11, 2000. The train, which reaches speeds of 150 miles per hour, made the trip from Washington to Boston in approximately ten minutes more than its' scheduled 6-1/2 hour time.