"A Front Row Seat to Railroad Magic and Ingenuity"

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

Amtrak 2150 heads east through the beach at Lords Point in Stonington.

A Boston-bound Acela Express flies over the Astoria-Ditmars Blvd Station in Queens, where a pair of N Trains wait their turn to head back on the BMT Astoria Line towards Manhattan.

A project initiated by PennDOT in the Summer of 2019 saw the replacement of the old crumbling Market Street (Route 452) overpass spanning Amtrak's Northeast Corridor in Marcus Hook. Along with the... (more)

An eastbound Amtrak Acela Express comes to a rest at the Trenton Transit Center in the midst of a Winter snow storm.

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AMTK No. 2030 leads an eastbound Acela Express into the Trenton Transit Center in the midst of a heavy snow storm.

A southbound Amtrak Acela Express rounds the super-elevate curve into Crum Lynne, ducking the well known covered red pedestrian bridge. In the background, a southbound SEPTA commuter train tags b... (more)

Hitting the Trifecta: An eastbound Acela Express meets a westbound Amtrak Regional and a westbound NJ Transit train at New Brunswick Station during the Monday evening rush.

An Amtrak Acela Express splits the 105 mph speed restriction signs as it races eastbound through SEPTA's commuter stop in Croydon, PA. With new track maintenance in progress, the fence is down pr... (more)

Southbound Acela train 2253 passes the station at Southport.

Minutes after sunrise on a Friday morning, power car #2030 on Acela Express #2150 glistens in the early morning sun as it kicks up snow while rounding a curve and speeding past Metropark Station.

At speeds nearing 150 MPH and temperatures in the teens, a weekend Acela Express train risks passengers from Boston south to New York and Washington DC.

Acela arrives and MARC leaves. Note the green light on the pantograph caused by an arc.

Southbound Acela approaching the Perryville station.