<-- 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.

Glinting rails and catenary illuminate the path for an eastbound Amtrak Acela Express as it barrels through Andalusia, PA. The train, ducking both the 90 mph speed restriction signs and the forme... (more)

An eastbound SEPTA commuter train arrives at the 1935 Reading built station in Hatboro, Pennsylvania. The line, which extends to Philadelphia, was part of the Reading Company's New Hope branch, t... (more)

A westbound SEPTA commuter train arrives at the 1935 Reading built station in Hatboro, Pennsylvania. The line, which extends to Philadelphia, was part of the Reading Company's New Hope branch, th... (more)

Amtrak's Veteran's unit makes an appearance at the North Philadelphia Station, once known as Germantown Junction. Both Amtrak and SEPTA use this station, though the station itself (right center; ... (more)

An Amtrak Keystone, led by AMTK No. 616, climbs the grade out of Bristol and into Croydon, PA, bound for Harrisburg, PA, via Philadelphia's 30th Street Station.

An Amtrak Regional Express led by AMTK No. 660, navigates a reverse s-curve located between Bristol, PA and Croydon, while sprinting west towards Philadelphia.