An Acela Express ducks the signal bridge at Marcus Hook, PA as it barrels south down the NEC bound for Wilmington, DE.

Eastbound Acela Train # 2154 passes through the industrial borough of Marcus Hook. Despite the oil refineries that dominate this community, it is not a bad place to live.

Amtrak's Crescent heads south on the Northeast Corridor past Hook Tower at Marcus Hook, Pa., as an Acela set speeds north in the background.

Amtrak AEM-7 #944 leads a train southbound through Marcus Hook, PA.

Amtrak's X2000 heads north towards New York, rolling past the Sunoco refinery at Marcus Hook, Pa. Next stop is Philadelphia.

An evening train led by AEM-7 #935 leads an express eastbound through Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania while en route to Philadelphia.

Officially incorporated on March 7, 1892, the borough dominant ind... (more)

Amtrak Cities Sprinter #618 leads a train south towards Wilmington, DE, dipping under a set of PRR position lights signals while passing "Bell Tower" in Marcus Hook.

Amtrak Autumn Special passes a Septa Local at Marcus Hook

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue... a contrast of centuries captured at dusk along the Northeast Corridor just North of Delaware.

An Amtrak Regional train makes it's way through Marcus Hook late one crisp evening.

A sleek Acela Express speeds through the "Cornerstone of Pennsylvania", otherwise known as Marcus Hook, a town whose dominant industry are the refineries.

A 1962 Budd built speedster built for the PRR meets an Amtrak AEM-7, 20 years it's senior at Marcus Hook. The maximum speed of the modern AEM-7 Swedish engineered motor: 125. Top speed for the S... (more)

An unusual setting for sure, a Northbound AEM-7 Corridor train bolts past the refineries of Marcus Hook, PA early one morning on the inside express track bound for Philly.

A 41 year old Budd built PRR veteran comes to a stop on home rails along the refineries of Marcus Hook, PA. The station to the left is really nothing more then a trailer with an awning, yet much ... (more)