Hard charging Metroliner throws ice up from ties as it blows by Princeton Junction after a late winter snow.

The trouble-maker takes the Champion south. Number 950 was the E60 that derailed at speed during trials on the NEC. The NEC might be totally different today if this hadn't happened.

The E60s might not have been very good, but they could handle the snow, unlike the early GG1s and Metroliners.

Not many of the Metroliners got Amtrak paint prior to their rebuilding. Here, one passes a northbound Amfleet train.

The headlight of the next westbound can be seen for miles down the line, seemingly stationary at first, then slowly growing closer. At some point, you can tell it's on the express track... and mov... (more)

The lone passenger waiting on the southbound platform casts a quick glance at the northbound Amtrak regional, whose Amfleets reflect the rapidly setting sun nicely.

An Acela Express trainset speeds through Princeton Junction at over 100 MPH as the setting sun casts a warm glow over the scene, including the former PRR NASSAU tower, which has seen over two mill... (more)

Wide open down the racetrack, overtaking an Arrow set in the distance.

Makin' Tracks! Five years after the inaugural run of Amtrak's Acela on these rails, NJT's new multilevel cars make their inaugural revenue run up the NEC. Train #3844 left Trenton at 12PM a... (more)

A southbound Acela flies past a southbound NJT MU set about to stop at the station.

The setting sun lights up the catenary above the Northeast Corridor as AMTK 932 stops at the station.

The Princeton Branch's "Dinky" takes a break at the north of the station, while a northbound Amtrak streaks by on the right.

An NJT MU set glides to a stop at Princeton Jct. station. The track curving off at the bottom left is the PJ&B branch to downtown Princeton, on which the "dinky," a one-car MU, runs.

Because of computer technology, an obsolete Nassau Tower in Princeton Jct. is now only a silent observer as the fastest train in the nation speeds past.