An Acela Express Trainset crosses the Susquehanna River on a hot summer day.

A first-gen Acela passes by Jersey Ave. on its way to Washington. The new Acela II trainsets will soon begin entering service causing these current sets to slowly start retiring.

Amtrak Acela Express Trainset with AMTK 2025 and AMTK 2023 head southbound on Northeast Corridor Track #3.

With Track 1 and 2 out of service, Acela Trainset 13, led by Power Car AMTK 2027, brings Amtrak 2254(20) north at a meager 30 mph on No. 3 Track through PERRY interlocking.

Amtrak's Acela Next Generation Trainset, the replace for the original Acela design, works a crew qualifications run from Boston to Washington, DC on a humid Juneteenth.

Sign of the New Acela in Trenton: A new Acela set passes through the Trenton Transit Center on a crew qualification run.

Amtrak Alstom Avelia Acela. Amtrak Avelia Liberty power car 2141 leads train 887 through Secaucus Junction Station on the Northeast Corridor.

"2 Generations of Acela @ New Haven"

On the morning of February 28, 2025, Amtrak Alstom Avelia Liberty (Acela II) Trainset #8 (power cars 2118/2146) sits on Track 6 as first... (more)

Acelas Meet. On the morning of Tuesday, March 4, 2025, fortunate timing brought Amtrak 846 (AMTK/Alstom 2104-2141 TS18) and Amtrak 2155 (AMTK 2023-2025 TS14) near the Sawtooth Bridge in Kea... (more)

“Amish, Meet Acela II”
An Amish family visiting the Perryville Railroad Museum is introduced to Amtrak’s NextGen Acela, in the form of Trainset 8, which was testing on the Northea... (more)

As Amtrak train 89, powered by AMTK ACS-64 646, the New York NY to Savannah GA Palmetto departs the BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport Station near Baltimore, Amtrak Acela 2250 (Washingto... (more)

Avelia at Dock. Amtrak Avelia Liberty power car 2133 is seen leading TS12 off of Dock Bridge and into Newark Penn Station. The train was returning to Philadelphia following testing in B... (more)

Venerable Acela trainset 1, with power cars 2018/2004 soldiers on one more day taking Amtrak train 2247(13) south through Norwood, Pennsylvania on a warm fall afternoon. The train is one minute of... (more)

Speeding Through Secaucus. Amtrak Acela train 2121 is seen blasting through Secaucus Junction Station with power car 2017 in the lead.

Amtrak 2150 heads east through the beach at Lords Point in Stonington.