Final Months: After years of testing and delays, on 08/07/25, it was announced by Amtrak that the Acela II trainsets would begin revenue service on 08/28/25, replacing the first-generation ... (more)

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

A Washington-bound Acela crosses the Susquehanna River on the Pennsylvania Railroad-era bridge, past the many docks and accompanying flags (this one featured a pretty battered flag of Havre De Gra... (more)

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.

Everyone's favorite electric fast train: The Acela. This one is heading northbound from Washington and New York with Boston as its goal. It is late afternoon on a hazy New York, July 5th.

Amtrak Acela Train #2249 zips toward New York City, apparently on time in its journey thus far.

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On March 24, 2025, my son, Greg, watches as Amtrak Acela Train 2168, with its pantograph fully raised, crosses the uniquel... (more)

This April 16th, 2025 drone image shows Amtrak's 30th Street Station in some beautiful evening golden light. Five Acela Trainsets sit in the yard along with loaded MOW hoppers, and assorted power ... (more)

Speeding through Linden, which is a stop only for NJ Transit and not Amtrak; is Amtrak Acela Express 2159, heading to Washington DC from Boston, Massachusetts. Acela Power Car 2018 is lead... (more)

An Amtrak Acela Express Service races southbound through County Interlocking. In County Yard, Arrow III EMU NJTR 1443 (with a missing logo) is seen among a string of dead NJ Transit MUs.

Amtrak's Acela enters the S-curve at Elizabeth, New Jersey as it makes its way towards Washington DC.

A northbound Acela Express passes the University of Pennsylvania campus as it approaches Philly's 30th Street Station.

As Amtrak train 89, powered by AMTK ACS-64 646, the New York NY to Savannah GA Palmetto departs the BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport Station near Baltimore, Amtrak Acela 2250 (Washingto... (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.