One for the birds... A northbound Acela express shoots across the Appongaug Cove in the tiny town of Warwick. This location was featured once on the cover of a national Amtrak timetable.

Amtrak's high-speed Acela Express rattles across the massive swing bridge over Shaw Cove and hugs the shoreline of the Long Island Sound, which forms the track layout of sharp twists and turns thr... (more)

Hot on your heels! Two northbound Acela Express trains are stacked into Baltimore Penn Station on a morning when commercial power problems caused a bit of a snarl. It's not often you see s... (more)

America's Fastest Train at 15-Years (One-Month and 18-Days)-Old

Amtrak Acela Express #2171 speeds through a "tunnel" of catenary supports as it approaches the Kingston, Rhode ... (more)

Amtrak Acela Express #2166 rounds the curve at the north end of famed Hell Gate Bridge on January 27th, 2016. Three hours and 15 minutes earlier, this train, led by Acela power car ... (more)

An eastbound Acela Express led by #2006, emerges from the Hudson River tunnel into the now covered open pit before returning underground for its Penn Station stop. The series of double slip switc... (more)

Amtrak Acela Express #2006 soldiers through blizzard conditions rounding the bend into Torresdale, PA on the outskirts of Northeast Philadelphia.

ACELA, the fastest train in America flies over a lowly New York City subway N train at Ditmars Station in Astoria Queens. Lowly it is until you remember the N train and it's kin carry 5 million pe... (more)

A sunrise to showcase not only America's Acela Express but the former PRR's 1903 built stone arch bridge over the Delaware River. Note the still surviving signal position lights on the Morrisvill... (more)

Amtrak Acela 2006 heading south through New Jersey Transit's North Elizabeth station.

Elizabeth, NJ hosts a visitor from the 21rst century.

Different Eras Meet. Although December is definitely not beach weather in New England, I nonetheless visited Niantic Beach to record 2002-built Acela Express rolling across the 1907... (more)

The morning after a record December snowfall in the Phildelphia area, Amtrak 2006 is hustling through Levittown headed for Phildelphia's 30th Street Station. Due to the large snowfall, Amtrak was ... (more)

Two fishermen pause to watch an Acela Express pass overhead on the Northeast Corridor on the former Pennsylvania Railroad's Delaware River Bridge.

A silver bullet races through the Corridor!