Snaking through the narrow rock cuts of the Connecticut Shoreline, Amtrak train 2165 makes its way towards New York and Washington; next stop, New Haven.

A 1/80th pan shot of Amtrak Acela Express 2150 enroute to Boston, MA. Canon EOS 1D Mark III, Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS USM

On it's way to New York City, Amtrak's Acela passing through Metro North's Mamaroneck station.

A Southbound Acela Express roars through Levittown, PA kicking up snow that fell the night before.

Amtrak 2013 leans into the super-elevated curve at NJT's Edison station as it heads south with an Acela Express trainset destined for the nation's capital late on a cold, windy January afternoon.

You never know what you may encounter in the wilds of Delaware. Here, an Acela Express cruises over a tributary of the Christiana Marsh like a ground hugging missile.

Places to go, people to meet - Amtrak's Acela Express races the sun southbound past Perryville en route to Washington, D.C. A zoom Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: Bombardier/Alstom Acela Express Trainset
Location: Perryville, Maryland, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 2036
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 23, 2011

In this part of Connecticut, HSR stands for "Highly Scenic Route".

The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad's dream to electrify through to Boston became a reality in 1999 and ever since this beach has been a "new haven" for HSR on the east coast.

A Southbound Amtrak Acela Express passing New Jersey Transit's Edison Station on the Northeast Corridor.

PRR's former Chester depot, now known as the Chester Transportation Center, greets the latest and greatest to travel the former rails of the PRR's NEC. For a view of the station, click Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: Bombardier/Alstom Acela Express Trainset
Location: Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 2036
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August, 2011

A quiet moment at the station. (The backwards lettering that appears to be on the side of the engine is actually a "NO SOLICITING" sign painted onto the far side of the glass door.)

A boy contemplates his waiting time. Or perhaps he is dreaming about all the places he could go? (He should instead go out the door and take a look at that Acela peeking through the window, if his... (more)

An Amtrak Acela set captured in flight at the Newark International Airport Station.