Well since you asked...
I have ordered the PE Ready to Run set when they first came out and it was the "Under the Tree" go to set. As time went on and my situation changed tinplate now occupies that place under the tree and the set has been packed away with all of the add on coaches.
The Scale PE Berk and all of the coaches offered thus far in the "white roof" variety now take a place on my basement layout every holiday season along with the Polar Express "Tri-Polar". The BiPolar, Polar which pulls the scale frieght offerings in the PE scheme.
So I feel I am fairly loyal to the Polar Express theme BUT the Acela will not be on my list. I'm more traditional, even though the Tri-Polar is nowhere in the movie but the freight cars add a lot to the layout and something had to pull them. To me the Acela just doesn't seem to fit the mold of the PE so I will pass but I would venture to guess it will probably do OK.
