Acela 2, Evening 1. On Thursday, August 28, 2025, Amtrak introduced the Alstom Acela 2 to the revenue riding public. The culmination of many years of work debuted in the morning Train 2153 ... (more)

Acela 2, Evening 1. On Thursday, August 28, 2025, Amtrak introduced the Alstom Acela 2 to the revenue riding public. The culmination of many years of work debuted in the morning Train 2153 ... (more)

Acela 2, Evening 1. On Thursday, August 28, 2025, Amtrak introduced the Alstom Acela 2 to the revenue riding public. The culmination of many years of work debuted in the morning Train 2153 ... (more)

Acela 2, Day 1. On Thursday, August 28, 2025, Amtrak introduced the Alstom Acela 2 to the revenue riding public. The culmination of many years of work debuted on Train 2153 (TS 20/AMTK 2130... (more)

On August 27, 2025 Amtrak ran an excursion for the media and political dignitaries to tout the launch the following day of NextGen Acela service. Trainset #11 operated as train 880(27), seen here ... (more)

Acela 2 Over The Cove. On March 1, 2024, Amtrak/Alstom Acela 2 Train Set 8 crossed Shaw's Cove in New London, Connecticut while operating as non-revenue train 846. On Thursday, August 28, 2... (more)

An Acela Express Trainset crosses the Susquehanna River on a hot summer day.

A first-gen Acela passes by Jersey Ave. on its way to Washington. The new Acela II trainsets will soon begin entering service causing these current sets to slowly start retiring.

Amtrak Acela Express Trainset with AMTK 2025 and AMTK 2023 head southbound on Northeast Corridor Track #3.

With Track 1 and 2 out of service, Acela Trainset 13, led by Power Car AMTK 2027, brings Amtrak 2254(20) north at a meager 30 mph on No. 3 Track through PERRY interlocking.

Amtrak's Acela Next Generation Trainset, the replace for the original Acela design, works a crew qualifications run from Boston to Washington, DC on a humid Juneteenth.

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

Amtrak Alstom Avelia Acela. Amtrak Avelia Liberty power car 2141 leads train 887 through Secaucus Junction Station on the Northeast Corridor.

"2 Generations of Acela @ New Haven"

On the morning of February 28, 2025, Amtrak Alstom Avelia Liberty (Acela II) Trainset #8 (power cars 2118/2146) sits on Track 6 as first... (more)

Acelas Meet. On the morning of Tuesday, March 4, 2025, fortunate timing brought Amtrak 846 (AMTK/Alstom 2104-2141 TS18) and Amtrak 2155 (AMTK 2023-2025 TS14) near the Sawtooth Bridge in Kea... (more)