Heading South to Washington, Acela 2018 passes the North Elizabeth station.

Hundreds of families and fans took the opportunity to ride Acela Express up to 125mph on the first ever Acela excursions operated for National Train Day out of Washington DC. What a great crowd a... (more)

Amtrak Acela Express #2034 charges past both the tower and station platforms at Princeton Junction en route to Philadelphia and points South.

An Acela Express #2000 races past Crum Lynne, PA. A former PRR station has since been reduced to nothing more then trackside duplicate of the still standing shed on the opposite side of the track... (more)

The first Acela southbound carves a path through 2 feet of snow the day after the big 2010 blizzard that threw the mid Atlantic into chaos. Amtrak however kept running, though with fewer trains.

An early afternoon Acela Express heads south (railroad west) out of Newark Penn Station. The Prudential building in downtown Newark can be seen at left, while the flyover at Lane Interlocking is ... (more)

An Acela train is designed for high speed on the NEC. The 102 year old Portal Bridge which crosses over the Hackensack River is not, which sort of defeats the whole purpose of Acela. Although th... (more)

An Northbound Acela races nightfall en route to New York City.

An Amtrak Acela Express train cruises through the Mansfield MBTA station.

Standing on the platform when an Acela shows up unexpectedly at what seems like 1,000 MPH is an experience. To quote Zack, "I thought we didn't have high speed rail in this country!"

Good morning Baltimore! DC travelers get a glimpse of Baltimore after emerging from the 7,669 foot Baltimore and Potomac tunnel(s). The tunnel was built in 1873 with the intention of avoi... (more)

Amtrak Acela #2036 splits still standing PRR railroad signals in Perryman, MD en route to Wilmington, DE.