Back in the Picture: After being suspended for a few months due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Acela Express service has resumed in the Northeast. Here, Train 2167 is seen passing the hi... (more)

Wire Act: Acela Express Train #2170 passing maintenance of way equipment at Hamilton Station on August 22, 2019, as seen from the pedestrian bridge at the station.

Hello Old Friend: An Acela Express set passes a westbound NJ Transit train making a stop at Metuchen, NJ on May 10, 2020. Acela Express service remains suspended due to the COVID-19 crisis... (more)

A SEPTA local train from Philadelphia has completed its run to Trenton and begins its turn around to head back to Philly, while a southbound Acela Express flies past on the adjacent track. The Ace... (more)

Roughly 200 miles into its 457-mile journey from Washington DC to Boston, Massachusetts, Amtrak Acela Express 2170 crosses the Raritan River viaduct after skirting the Rutgers University ca... (more)

Amtrak Acela Express 2117, speeding from New York's Penn Station to Washington DC's Union Station, is a blur as it passes through NJ Transit station's North Elizabeth station. This is Acel... (more)

Amtrak Acela Express 2165 blasts through Branford, Connecticut, on January 23, 2020. This is Acela trainset number 2, built in 2000 with power car 2008 leading as the train heads so... (more)

Back to the simpler times of almost a month ago, an Acela Express thunders through Princeton Junction on its way to Washington. In the month since, Amtrak has shelved these units and dramatically ... (more)

The last Acela

For now... On Saturday, March 21st, 2020 at 5:15 pm, the last scheduled Amtrak Acela Express departs Philadelphia, PA, southbound for Washington D.C. Upon reaching its dest... (more)