An Acela heads south out of Wilmington on an unseasonably warm afternoon.

171 departs Wilmington at the beginning of the PM rush on the Northeast Corridor.

An Acela flies through Newark on its way towards Washington DC.

Amtrak 98 sails east into Newark, Delaware with a long distance consist in tow.

Stormlight

Late afternoon storm clouds fail to block the light of a December sunset, creating a glint on just about everything in this scene, as Amtrak's Silver Star sprints through Claym... (more)

The Tortoise and the Hare

Amtrak's Acela catches up with a SEPTA commuter train, ducking the signal bridge in Claymont, DE. Spoiler alert - the "hare" wins this race.

An southbound Amtrak Regional powers through a sweeping curve in Claymont, DE, bypassing the station on the express track while en route to Wilmington.

A southbound Amtrak Regional Express passes a northbound SEPTA commuter train north of Delaware's Churchmans Crossing station.

Amtrak's original Acela service may be living on short time, as the trainsets are over twenty years old, but Trainset 12, with power car 2006 leading, is running on the advertised as Acela 2248 th... (more)

Amtrak's Acela Express rounds the super-elevated curve on the express track through Claymont station in Delaware. Sometime in 2020.... make that 2022, this station will be replaced with the Claymo... (more)

Acela heads through downtown Wilmington over the many bridges of the elevated mainline.

Right place, right time. As Norfolk Southern Corp 66X (7216 SD80MAC) approaches the Newark, Delaware station, Amtrak Regional Train 88 (623 ACS-64) passes at an even higher speed on Saturday, 4/15... (more)

Spring begins to bloom in Wilmington, but not many passengers are left to appreciate it, due to the ongoing Coronavirus outbreak.

A day in the life of the Northeast Corridor. Acela 2151 pulls into Wilmington, Delaware on three track behind power car 2012 as Northeast Regional 86 departs on two track with Siemens ACS-64 629. ... (more)

An Amtrak Regional Express snakes its way north through Delaware, under a canopy of catenary wires, bound for Wilmington.