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.

It's rush hour on the Northeast Corridor in Newark, DE. A southbound Amtrak Acela passes a Septa local that arrived a short while earlier. The MUs will eventually return north to Philadelphia. ... (more)

Acela 2158 passes DAVIS interlocking on their way north on the NEC.

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 "Vermonter" is five minutes off the advertised into Wilmington on a beautiful June morning.

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 through downtown Wilmington.

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