The rails along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor glimmer ahead of its flagship train, the Acela, while lights from rush hour traffic create a shimmer along Interstate I-495 in Claymont, DE.

Light fog has formed in Old Saybrook as Acela train 2158 heads for Boston.

Acela 2023 races east through Edison on a beautiful late summer morning.

Acela Express train 2290 passing through the Fairfield station.

Amtrak's Acela Express makes a high speed pass under the PRR signal bridge as it flies through Croydon, PA, westbound, at 135 mph! An ongoing track work project saw removal of a fence betwe... (more)

Amtrak Acela at Cos Cob.

Meeting Across the River: Acela Express Train 2170 and NJ Transit Train 3723 approach one another from opposite sides of the Raritan River, as viewed from New Brunswick Station.

A late afternoon Acela zips through Niantic.

Amtrak Acela Express led by AMTK #2023 barrels south (Amtrak west) under a tunnel of catenary wire captured here just shy of Elizabeth, NJ.

A westbound (southbound) Acela meets an eastbound NJ Transit local on the short stretch of tangent track just east of Edison Station.

An NS local sits in the distance watching the parade of trains through Bensalem, PA. An Acela Express led by #2023 is first through, southbound, just before sunset.

An early morning Amtrak Acela Express soars through Bristol Station northbound on the express track en route to Boston, MA with limited stops between.

An eastward Acela train set is crossing through the Shaw's Cove swing bridge. The bridge crosses the inlet to a popular and busy marina. In less than a minute, the train will be passing the histor... (more)