An Amtrak Acela Express Service races southbound through County Interlocking. In County Yard, Arrow III EMU NJT 1443 (with a missing logo) is seen among a string of dead NJ Transit MUs.

Acela train 2163 going through Rye, New York.

Amtrak Acela Express 2163 is seen accelerating over Sharon Hill. This grade used to require helper sets for heavy freights in the New Haven steam days but today is barely noticeable to modern pass... (more)

Amtrak Acela Express 2163 is seen accelerating over Sharon Hill. This grade used to require helper sets for heavy freights in the New Haven steam days but today is barely noticeable to modern pass... (more)

Acela train #2163 passing through Metro North's Mamaroneck station.

Southbound Acela Express No.2163 Boston - New York City - Washington DC, crosses the massive Amtrak Dock Bridge over the Passaic river, between Harrison and Newark and before your arrival at the N... (more)

Amtrak Northeast Regional 134, stopping at Newark, to the right

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.

2013 in 2013. For the fourth year in a row, I was able to catch a locomotive that shares a number with the current year on my first day of railfanning in that year. This year, I caught Amtr... (more)

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.

Just like 2010 and 2011, my first photo added in 2... (more)

Amtrak Acela 2006 heading south through New Jersey Transit's North Elizabeth station.

Southbound Acela express train 2163 rifles through Kingston on the ex NYNH&H shoreline passing the splendidly restored depot built in 1875 by the New York Providence and Boston Railroad and one of... (more)

Acela Express blasting through Newark.