The winter of 2009/2010 was hard on Washington DC with two major Blizzards. I've never heard DC so silent - not much was moving other than the railroad.
An Acela Express blasts through Newark passing it's restored station which was originally built by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad 1877. The station is now a museum but it's p... (more)
An Amtrak Acela Express takes the quick route over the Susquehanna River as the Lantern Queen, a Mississippi Riverboat replica, returns from a more leisurely excursion.
Two Acela Express train sets are given some attention over night.
Havre de Grace - a railfan paradise.
An Amtrak Acela Express crosses the Susquehanna River over the 1906 built PRR bridge arriving in the community of Havre de Grace while on route to Baltimore.
A southbound Acela races into the sunset across the Susquehanna River.
In late October, the colors of Fall are abundant in Maryland along the NEC. Acela #2035 is seen here at North East, MD, southbound at 5 PM en route to Baltimore, MD.
An Amtrak Acela races past the Curtis Park station amidst the color of Fall, bound for Philly. This surviving former PRR station is a sister to the station in Levittown, PA.
America's fastest railroad machine, the Acela, zips along a rock encrusted fill just before ripping through Rocky Neck State Park on it's journey to Boston.
Reflecting the evening sun, a northbound Acela crosses a bridge at the mouth of Four Mile River, bound for Boston.
A northbound Acela emerges through a tangle of catenary wires late in the evening.
Ridley Park gets a visitor from the big city on a beautiful Fall afternoon.
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: AmtrakLocomotive: Bombardier/Alstom Acela Express TrainsetLocation: Perryville, Maryland, USALocomotive #: AMTK 2036Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: October 23, 2011
In this part of Connecticut, HSR stands for "Highly Scenic Route".