The rails along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor glimmer ahead of its flagship train, the Acela, while lights from rush hour traffic create a shimmer along Interstate I-495 in Claymont, DE.

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.

Acela's No. 2015 and No. 2016 meet in Glenoldnen, PA, catcing the very last light of day.

Amtrak's premier Acela Express (actually, as of September 2019, simply "Acela"), races past the Liberty Electric Generating natural gas plant located in Eddystone, PA. The train has jus... (more)

Amtrak's Acela Express roars past the SEPTA's diminutive station at Marcus Hook, PA, as the sun begins to dip under the impressive catenary structures built by he Pennsy way back in the early 1900... (more)

Set against the backdrop of an early rising full Moon, Amtrak's Acela bolts west past the substation at Bensalem Township, PA. Cornwells Heights Station is just ahead though only SEPTA commuter t... (more)

A project initiated by PennDOT in the Summer of 2019 saw the replacement of the old crumbling Market Street (Route 452) overpass spanning Amtrak's Northeast Corridor in Marcus Hook. Along with the... (more)

Amtrak's flagship passenger train, the Acela (known as the Acela Express until September of 2019), races south through Pennsylvania, captured here ducking the color position lights at Marcus Hook,... (more)

AMTK No. 2004 leads an early evening Acela Express north through Eddystone, PA, while en route to Philadelphia. Note the former still functioning PRR signal bridge in the background, its once all... (more)

Amtrak's Acela Express, led by AMTK No. 2004, leads a northbound train towards Philadelphia, PA, against the backdrop of the setting Sun. The set is captured ducking the signal bridge at Eddyston... (more)

Flying' On A Friday. CSX M701-11 has just arrived in Oak Point Yard in the Bronx ,New York with CSXT 482 (AC44CW) leading as Amtrak Acela train 2190 (New York, NY Penn Station- Boston, MA ... (more)

7 min late Acela Express from Boston to Washington DC approaches tunnel to Manhattan on its way to New York Penn Station.

"Bullet in the Rain"

An Amtrak Acela from Boston passing track equipment near the East Norwalk station.

The next generation of high-speed rail in the U.S. rolls through Amsterdam in the form of an Amtrak "Avelia Liberty" Acela trainset in the final moments of daylight.