Amtrak Acela

Amtrak's flagship passenger train, the Acela, is seen here navigating the sweeping elevated curve at Claymont, DE. Running at up to 150 mph, Acela high-speed trains travel b... (more)

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.

Stormlight

Late afternoon storm clouds fail to block the light of a December sunset, creating a glint on just about everything in this scene, as Amtrak's Silver Star sprints through Claym... (more)

Backlit on a clear December evening, AMTK No. 652 leads a Regional Express on an elevated curve past Claymont station, bound for Philadelphia, PA and points north. A much more relaxing pace then ... (more)

A southbound Amtrak Regional Express is captured here just shy of the current Claymont, DE, station stop which is located on a elevated sweeping curve. To the left, is the new Claymont Regional T... (more)

A set of SEPTA Silverliner V's arrive in Claymont, DE, where a pair of retrofitted bus shelters suffice for a station. The original station, seen Railroad: SEPTA
Locomotive: Silverliner V
Location: Claymont, Delaware, USA
Locomotive #: SPAX 808
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September 18, 2022

The Tortoise and the Hare

Amtrak's Acela catches up with a SEPTA commuter train, ducking the signal bridge in Claymont, DE. Spoiler alert - the "hare" wins this race.

An southbound Amtrak Regional powers through a sweeping curve in Claymont, DE, bypassing the station on the express track while en route to Wilmington.

A Philadelphia bound SEPTA commuter train rounds the bend into Claymont, DE, rushing commuters to their destination, bypassing the tedious drive along the parallel I-495 in rush hour traffic.

Amtrak's Acela Express rounds the super-elevated curve on the express track through Claymont station in Delaware. Sometime in 2020.... make that 2022, this station will be replaced with the Claymo... (more)

A southbound Acela Express leans into the super-elevated curve at Claymont, heading south for its next stop at Wilmington, and eventually onto Washington, DC.

A late-running SEPTA local train to Wilmington arrives at Claymont on the super-elevated curve. On the far track, an inbound SEPTA local to Philadelphia City Center departs after picking up passen... (more)

Amtrak Acela Express train 2154 leans into the super-elevated curve at Claymont, Delaware with the rest of her train lost in the cloud of snow that she's kicking up.

An Amtrak Regional Express led by AMTK No. 612 whips around a super-elevated curve on the express track just shy of Claymont station in Delaware. Note the surviving Pennsylvania signal bridge in ... (more)

An Amtrak Regional Express led by ACS-64 No. 629 rounds the super-elevated curve on the express track through Claymont station in Delaware. Sometime in 2020, this station will be replaced with th... (more)