Sign of the New Acela in Trenton: A new Acela set passes through the Trenton Transit Center on a crew qualification run.

(Violet) Blue Hour: One of two newly wrapped Amtrak Crayola units, paying tribute to the color Violet Blue, passes through NJ Transit's Jersey Avenue station with Amtrak's Carolinian... (more)

To celebrate the restoration of eight previously retired crayon colors, Crayola commissioned a motor wrap with Amtrak. On May 8 ACS-64 #620 made its first revenue run wrapped as Crayola Dandelion.... (more)

Avelia Departure. Amtrak Avelia Liberty power car 2116 brings up the rear of train 844(11) seen departing Newark Penn Station, bound for Boston.

Acela II on Track 1. An Amtrak Avelia Liberty train led by power car 2117 is seen on Track 1 at Newark Penn Station, working its way up to Boston as train 844(11).

Heritage at Dock. NJ Transit Arrow III car 1502 is the lead unit on Northeast Corridor Line train 3723, seen crossing Dock Bridge and approaching Newark Penn Station.

Hippos Ride Again. On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, the HHP-C qualification train operated a round trip from Sunnyside Yard in New York to Wilmington, Delaware as Train 874/873. With the recent o... (more)

Linden Local: A local train from Linden, NJ is returning to the yard after serving Deans, NJ off of the Northeast Corridor. Linden Yard was once a busy freight yard when General Motors (GM)... (more)

Amtrak Northeast Regional train 125 (Springfield, Massachusetts to Newport News, Virginia) speeds through the NJ Transit station in Linden, pulled by ACS-64 622. This section of Amtrak's ... (more)

Late Light in Linden. Amtrak Northeast Regional train 134 kicks up snow as it races past the Merck plant in Linden, NJ.

“At This Juncture…”
Cities Sprinter AMTK 660 leads Amtrak 195(11), a BOS-RVM Northeast Regional, south on No. 3 Track of the Northeast Corridor, past the junction with Norfo... (more)

Double Dinky. Two-car NJ Transit Princeton Shuttle train 4228, affectionately known as the "Dinky," is seen approaching the grade crossing at Station Road as it nears its seco... (more)

Gold Metal. Amtrak Acela Express train 2168 is seen approaching Linden Station as the sun sinks low in the sky and casts a golden glow over everything it touches. The sleek high-... (more)

Fast and Frozen. Amtrak Acela power car 2029 is the lead unit on westbound train 2151, seen racing through Linden, NJ on a frigid morning.

“Close Encounter”
At 89 mph on Track 3, AMTK 607, with Amtrak 131 (NYP-WAS Northeast Regional) rockets past the standing MARC 537–waiting to depart on Track 4 at Perryville.... (more)