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.
Snaking through the narrow rock cuts of the Connecticut Shoreline, Amtrak train 2165 makes its way towards New York and Washington; next stop, New Haven.
A 1/80th pan shot of Amtrak Acela Express 2150 enroute to Boston, MA. Canon EOS 1D Mark III, Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS USM
On it's way to New York City, Amtrak's Acela passing through Metro North's Mamaroneck station.
A Southbound Acela Express roars through Levittown, PA kicking up snow that fell the night before.
Amtrak 2013 leans into the super-elevated curve at NJT's Edison station as it heads south with an Acela Express trainset destined for the nation's capital late on a cold, windy January afternoon.
You never know what you may encounter in the wilds of Delaware. Here, an Acela Express cruises over a tributary of the Christiana Marsh like a ground hugging missile.
Places to go, people to meet - Amtrak's Acela Express races the sun southbound past Perryville en route to Washington, D.C. A zoom Railroad: AmtrakLocomotive: Bombardier/Alstom Acela Express TrainsetLocation: Perryville, Maryland, USALocomotive #: AMTK 2036Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: October 23, 2011
In this part of Connecticut, HSR stands for "Highly Scenic Route".
The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad's dream to electrify through to Boston became a reality in 1999 and ever since this beach has been a "new haven" for HSR on the east coast.
A Southbound Amtrak Acela Express passing New Jersey Transit's Edison Station on the Northeast Corridor.
PRR's former Chester depot, now known as the Chester Transportation Center, greets the latest and greatest to travel the former rails of the PRR's NEC. For a view of the station, click Railroad: AmtrakLocomotive: Bombardier/Alstom Acela Express TrainsetLocation: Chester, Pennsylvania, USALocomotive #: AMTK 2036Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: August, 2011
