Acela Express to NYC

Amtrak Acela #2036 splits still standing PRR railroad signals in Perryman, MD en route to Wilmington, DE.

An Acela clears the fog under a mesh of catenary wire along the NEC early one morning just north of Philadephia.

Places to go, people to meet - Amtrak's Acela Express races the sun southbound past Perryville en route to Washington, D.C. A zoom Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: Bombardier/Alstom Acela Express Trainset
Location: Perryville, Maryland, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 2036
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 23, 2011

PRR's former Chester depot, now known as the Chester Transportation Center, greets the latest and greatest to travel the former rails of the PRR's NEC. For a view of the station, click Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: Bombardier/Alstom Acela Express Trainset
Location: Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 2036
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August, 2011

A month long promotion for TLC is on it's next to last day as train 2100 roars North towards NY. The train was freshly washed for a VIP event, and then one more day on the corridor before heading ... (more)

After a morning that included heavy downpours, hail and tornado warnings in SE Pennsylvania, the railfan Gods smiled and provided 30 seconds of sunlight. Amtrak train 2255 luckily was running 40 m... (more)

For the first time in a while, Amtrak ran the Cake Boss train in some nice evening light. The set is headed to New York then Boston before being given a break until Sunday afternoon. In the backgr... (more)

Typical railfan luck: wait for a train for 15 minutes and as soon as the train shows up, one comes the other way. Here we see the Cake Boss Acela being passed by a Northbound Amtrak Regional train... (more)

Acela Express wrapped for TLC's "The Cake Boss" heads toward NYC at Princeton Junction.

The Cake Boss Acela cross the old PRR bridge over the Susquehanna River at Perryville, MD.

Cakes on a train! Amtrak's newest advertising venture, a wrapped Acela trainset promoting the TLC show "Cake Boss," speeds past the former PRR Nassau Tower just north of the Princeton Junc... (more)

Amtrak's newest wrapped Acela trainset roars through Levittown, PA on it's second day of revenue service. After the success of their first wrapped train for the History Channel, TLC's hit show Cak... (more)

Approaching Stamford on Track 4, this slight rerouting because of a Metro-North train holding the straight inside track, allowed me to get a head-on shot of an approaching Acela train.

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)