Heading South to Washington, Acela 2018 passes the North Elizabeth station.

The northbound Crescent races up track 2 as a southbound Acela Express bypassing BWI passes on 3. The person reading their book looks oblivious to all of the high speed action.

Hundreds of families and fans took the opportunity to ride Acela Express up to 125mph on the first ever Acela excursions operated for National Train Day out of Washington DC. What a great crowd a... (more)

Amtrak Acela Express #2013 ducks under a set of still active Pennsy position light signals along the Northeast Corridor.

Amtrak Acela Express #2034 charges past both the tower and station platforms at Princeton Junction en route to Philadelphia and points South.

Amtrak Acela #2014 flies past the tower at Princeton Junction en route to Philadelphia and points South.

Freeze Frame! Acela Express # 2013 is seen here captured during a series of high speed test runs at 12:27 AM, on a Thursday morning. This was the Holy Grail shot that I thought I'... (more)

Captured in the blink of an eye, Acela Express #2012 flies through Princeton Junction station at 9:49 PM towards New York City, the last scheduled Acela of the night.

Princeton Junction, seen ... (more)

An Amtrak Acela captured Northbound at well over 150 mph at 10:50 PM on the night of September 24th, 2012 during a series of high speed test trials. It is expected that positive test results will... (more)

An Amtrak Acela captured southbound at 12:43 AM on the morning of October 11th, 2012 during a series of high speed test trials. It is expected that positive test results will lead to 160 mph spee... (more)

Something wicked this way came!

Traveling at over 150 mph, an Acela Express leaves nothing but it's streak and a series of blue sparks dancing on the unimproved catenary wire whi... (more)

WB Acela from Boston crosses the Saugatuck River bridge at Westport on the NE Coridor

Here the Sunday Only Acela Express #2221 bound for Washington, DC overtakes CSX Train B606-10 running on Amtrak Trackage rights between Bowie, MD and Landover, MD. The empties are bound for Benni... (more)

Just after the Northbound Pennsylvanian (seen in the far distance behind the Acela trainset) passed through the station, Amtrak train 2163 roars through Levittown doing every bit of track speed.