NORTH AMERICA United States 
The United States placed some early hopes in high-speed trains with the Acela, Acela runs at between 75 mph (120 km/h) and 150 mph (241 km/h),
Acela Express 
Amtrak's Acela Express, seen here at Boston South Station, currently provides the USA's only high(er)-speed railway service 
Florida High Speed Rail is a proposed high-speed rail network in Florida. Funding for the system was authorized by a 2000 referendum of Florida voters and repealed by 64% of Florida voters in a 2004 referendum. The first phase, planned for completion in 2009, would have connected Orlando to Tampa (Phase 1 Part 1), with a later extension to St. Petersburg (Phase 1 Part 2). Later phases might have extended the network to Miami, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Tallahassee and Pensacola.
Some have argued that the wording on the 2004 referendum was misleading, and some may have assumed it was the same as the 2000 referendum and voted the opposite of what they meant to vote.
Despite the denial of funding due to the referendum passed November 2, 2004, the Florida High Speed Rail Authority continues to meet, and is almost done with the environmental impact statement for the Tampa-Orlando segment.
On October 27, 2004, the authority voted to prefer the consortium of Fluor and Bombardier Transportation to build and operate the system, using Bombardier's
JetTrain technology
JetTrain 
Canada 
Canadian National Railway 
Canadian Pacific Railway
High-speed rail in Canada is more a case of hope than reality. Canada placed some early hopes with the United Aircraft Turbo train, in the 1960s. The train sets achieved speeds as high as 200 km/h in regular service, but for most of its service life (marred with lengthy interruptions to address design problems), it ran at a more realistic 160 km/
Although Canada does not have high-speed rail lines, there have been two routes frequently proposed as suitable for a high-speed rail corridor. The first is Alberta, between the cities of Edmonton and Calgary via Red Deer. The second is in Ontario and Quebec, between Windsor, Ontario and Quebec City.
The Turbo was North America's first major experiment with high-speed railways. Here it is seen leaving Montreal in 1973. Mexico
High-speed rail in Mexico is more a case of hope than reality as there is lack of political will and financial backing. After technical and economic evaluation involving nine companies of international experience with high-speed trains, the French company Systra will be the consulting company to advise the Secretariat of Communication and Transportation of Mexico on the process of elaboration of the Basis of Auction for the Mexico City–Querétaro–Irapuato–Guadalajara high-speed train service. The auction is to take place in the administration of the new elected president Felipe Calderón. The estimate cost for this project is about $12 billion according to the SCT