After doing testing in Boston, Amtrak Acela II is seen heading past the Princton Junction Station, back to Philadelphia.

Dramatic Daylighting. On February 26, 2024, Amtrak ALSTOM Acela 2 Train Set 8 (AMTK 2146-2118) operated as train 844-26 from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Boston, Massachusetts. This daylig... (more)

Rainy Day In The Bronx. On September 26, 2023, Amtrak's Alstom Acela II Train Set 6 (AMTK 2111/2112) made the trip from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Boston, Massachusetts as Train 844(26) ... (more)

Acela 2 Train Set 8 Delivery, The Ocho. In the early morning hours of Thursday, August 31, 2023, Amtrak Acela Train Set 8 passed through the MTA Metro-North Riverdale Station for delivery f... (more)

Train Set 1 In The Desert. When the first ALSTOM/Amtrak Acela 2/Avelia Liberty was released, it was transported to TTCI in Pueblo Colorado for extensive testing prior to the sets operating ... (more)

Train Set 4. Amtrak Train 899/CSX P934 was a special delivery on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, with ALSTOM Amtrak Acela II Train Set 4 (AMTK 2105 trailing) being towed by a pair of P42s (AMTK 1... (more)

Acela II On The Road In Daylight. On March 13, 2023, Amtrak's ALSTOM Acela II Train Set 2 (AMTK 2103/2102) made the trip from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Boston, Massachusetts as Train 83... (more)

Acela II at Princeton Junction: An Alstom Acela II set makes its way back towards Philadelphia after making a test run up to Boston one day earlier.

A Bright Future Ahead: An Acela II set in testing runs through Metuchen near sunset on August 9, 2021.

Crossing Cutler Creek in Corning. Amtrak Train 973 was an extra over Norfolk Southern Corp's network to Amtrak's Keystone Line to deliver ALSTOM Acela II Trainset 3 on Wednesday, November 3, 2021.... (more)

The new Acela II making what I think was its first daylight run up the NEC rounds the curve south of BWI.

Amtrak/Alstom Acela Test Train 2102 passed by Penn Park in Philadelphia, PA shortly after leaving the yard on April 22, 2021. The Alstom Acela II has been testing in daylight on this section of th... (more)

This Acela II tied down at Race Street Yard is the second test train of the new Alstom 5th generation high speed trains that will replace the first generation Acela I built by Bombardier/Alstom th... (more)

New choo.

Acela II on a test run on over the Susquehanna River.