Endless Angles at Levittown

AMTK No. 648 leads a long distance train west through Levittown, PA, ducking the pedestrian bridge of the newly (2019) rebuilt station.

A late afternoon westbound Amtrak Regional Express makes an appearance at Amtrak's North Philadelphia station. The station, which is served primarily by SEPTA commuter trains, is owned by Amtrak ... (more)

An Amtrak long distance train departs Philadelphia, bound for Wilmington, DE and points south - far, far south.

The dramatic view of the city of Philadelphia now includes the relatively new sk... (more)

"Whose Line is it Anyway?"

SEPTA transit riders enjoy a "rare-mileage" trip, over a small part of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor due to projected called "The Southwe... (more)

A quickly setting afternoon Sun gives way to storm clouds as AMTK No. 621 leads a Regional Express passing the substation and on through Cornwells Heights, bound for 30th Street Station and points... (more)

An early morning Acela Express led by AMTK No. 2014 navigates one of the sharp curves along the NEC just sky of Croydon station in Pennsylvania.

<-- Moon over Miami

A full Moon looms large over the Northeast Corridor as Amtrak's Miami bound Silver Meteor races south through Andalusia, PA.

Under a tunnel of catenary, a westbound Amtrak Regional sprints through Corydon, PA, en route to 30th Street Station and points south.

A silver bullet, illuminated by a late evening Sun, rifles down the barrel of the Northeast Corridor in North Philadelphia, traveling on track 3. The train is just shy of the North Philadelphia s... (more)

A westbound Amtrak Acela Express crests a grade midway between Bristol and Eddington, in Bensalem, PA, just east of northeast Philly.

An Acela Express, led by AMTK No. 2006, charges past "Lincoln" tower, just shy of Metuchen station, in a race to make New York by night fall.

The tower, once used by the PRR to control trains ... (more)

AMTK No. 624 takes its train over hill and dale putting a little LED in it on the climb towards North Philadelphia along the Northeast Corridor.

(I'm bringing back both phrases - "hill an... (more)

A late evening Amtrak Regional Express sprints through Bristol, PA, on the express track, captured by the station in a Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: Siemens ACS-64
Location: Bristol, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 625
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: February 03, 2020

It was British Marconi engineer Henry Joseph Round who in 1907 was first to report observation of electroluminescence from the unsymmetrical passage of current through silicon carbide (carborundum... (more)

A late evening eastbound Acela Express charges past Torresdale station in northeast Philadelphia, bound for New York by nightfall.