An Amtrak Acela Express barrels north along the NEC approaching Croydon, PA having navigated one of the sharper curves on the Washington to Boston main.

An Amtrak Acela Express barrels down the Corridor picking up speed through Croydon, PA after navigating through a reverse S-curve in Bristol Township.

An Amtrak Acela Express, led by No. 2008, flies through Torresdale in northeast Philadelphia bound for 30th Street Station and points south.

An Amtrak Acela Express, led by No. 2009, flies through Torresdale in northeast Philadelphia bound for Philadelphai and points south.

Running about an hour late, 2167 passes the Metropark Station, running at restricted speed.

Arcing Acela at Hamilton: Power car #2004 is an oddity among the Acela fleet, as the blue decaling below the lights flattens out, rather than arcing in the way seen among the rest of the ... (more)

Eastbound Acela Train # 2172 pulls out of Metropark heading away from me.

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Just south of 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, an Amtrak Acela Express, led by No. 2015, is captured southbound with the expanding city skyline serving as ba... (more)

An Amtrak Acela Express set slithers like a snake through the growing urban landscape of North Elizabeth, NJ. The station, just north of Elizabeth, was rebuilt with high level platforms in 1987 w... (more)

Amtrak's Acela Express, led by No. 2006, overtakes an NJT commuter train through Harrison, NJ. Each train had just departed Newark station eastbound over the 1935 PRR built "Dock Bridge" drawbrid... (more)

A northbound Acela Express races through Perryville, MD catching the last light of day crossing the Susquehanna River while en route to Wilmington, DE and points north.

Amtrak Acela Express - eastbound through Tullytown, PA.

Through Trenton in a Flash: Power car #2008 experiences some arcing as it leads Train 2165 under Chestnut Avenue in Trenton and past the Trenton Transit Center. Note how the flash from th... (more)

It's very early in the morning, but this Acela passenger already has a jump on the day with laptop open and coffee at arm's length.

"Sign of the Acela": Acela Express Train 2167 passes by a warning sign featuring an image of an Acela Express train set on Track 4 at Metropark Station on Friday June 9, 2017.