A heavy summer rain shower pelts everything in sight, including this Acela Express arriving BWI. Shooting extreme weather events are mostly about being at the right place at the right time.

Southbound Acela train 2253 passes the station at Southport.

It's a brassy hot June afternoon, and Acela Trainset No. 8 (accepted in January, 2001) has reduced its speed to 90 mph for the Susquehanna River crossing.

Amtrak train 2121 (Boston to Washington DC) Acela Express stops at New York Pennsylvania Station for a crew change and to pick up and drop off passengers.

Crowded Field at Princeton Junction: Power car #2014 leads Acela Express Train 2251 past a maintenance of way equipment and a single Arrow III car parked on opposite sides at Princeton Jun... (more)

Amtrak Acela 2249 crossing the Saugatuck River Bridge at Westport.

Meeting Across the River: Acela Express Train 2170 and NJ Transit Train 3723 approach one another from opposite sides of the Raritan River, as viewed from New Brunswick Station.

Acela in the Morning Light: Acela Express Train 2150 rounds the curve at the east end of Metropark Station on Thursday, October 5, 2017.

Acela Coming Through on Track 2: Washington-bound Acela Express Train 2167 passes through Metropark on Track 2 on Tuesday, October 3, 2017. While Track 2 normally acts as the eastbound exp... (more)

As sunset falls over Levittown, PA, Amtrak eastbound Acela train 2122 roars through the under construction SEPTA station. The old Pennsy era station is being replaced with a new station equipped w... (more)

Splashes of Color at Hamilton: Signs of changing fall foliage and a piece of Amtrak maintenance of way equipment add extra color to the scene at Hamilton Station as a Washington-bound Acela... (more)

Meeting Northeast Regional train 95; closing speed 180 mph