An Amtrak Acela ducks the signal bridge as it races east towards 30th Street Station at sunset.

A southbound Amtrak Crescent dips below the many bridges (and underpasses) along a stretch of track on the NEC located between Sharon Hill and Glenolden, PA just outside of Philadelphia. Interest... (more)

Acela's No. 2015 and No. 2016 meet in Glenoldnen, PA, catcing the very last light of day.

An Amtrak Acela rolls south along the NEC, having crested the grade between Folcroft and Glenolden, PA. The Pennsylvania Railroad was well known for building fills to elevate its line above city ... (more)

Having climbed the grade out of Folcroft, Pennsylvania, AMTK No. 623 sprints Glenolden on the express track, bound for Wilmington, DE and points south. In the background is the 1928 built Glenold... (more)

Amtrak Northeast Regional train 126 races against the sunset, heading to New York Penn Station.

Amtrak's "Salutes Our Veterans" motor, ACS-64 642, leads the "Palmetto" towards Philadelphia and New York City near sunset.

Amtrak's new Avelia Liberty trainset heads north back to Philadelphia from Washington, DC. The set had some work performed at Ivy City the previous night.

An afternoon southbound Regional Express climbs the crest of a grade in Glenolden, PA passing substation No. 10, which was built by the PRR in 1928. Substations transform voltage from high to low... (more)

Amtrak's newest engines leaves a Septa Local in it's dust at Glenolden on it's northbound trip from DC

With a fresh coat of snow, a late afternoon Acela tries to make up time after delays from the mornings snow storm.

Nearly half a mile away, this late night SEPTA local lights up the catenary and tracks. Note at how the back lighting shows how unstraight the catenary really is.