New York TimesPolitics|Amtrak's Answer for Aging Acela Fleet: 160 MPH TrainsNew York TimesVice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., left, and Anthony R. Coscia, Amtrak's chairman, at a news conference to announce the loan for the new trains, in Wilmington, Del., on Friday. Credit Suchat Pederson/The Wilmington News-Journal, via Associated Press.Biden announces $2.45 billion federal loan to AmtrakCNNBiden: $2.45B loan for Amtrak upgrades in Northeast CorridorU.S.