A northbound Acela Express passes the University of Pennsylvania campus as it approaches Philly's 30th Street Station.

2025 Is Getting Close. Amtrak 2159 was approaching the station at North Elizabeth, New Jersey on January 7, 2022, not long after it had stopped snowing. As Acela Power Car AMTK 2025 leads T... (more)

Blasting Through Bristol. Amtrak Acela power car 2025 leads train 2255 through Bristol, PA, en-route to Washington, DC.

A southbound Acela Express Service Train moves through Edison Train Station on Northeast Corridor Track #3. AMTK 2023 is the unit in the hind end.

The Tortoise and the Hare

Amtrak's Acela catches up with a SEPTA commuter train, ducking the signal bridge in Claymont, DE. Spoiler alert - the "hare" wins this race.

Acela train 2253 crosses the Saugatuck River Bridge in Westport on a hot 90-degree Saturday afternoon.

Gliding through Greenwich. A westbound Acela train is seen passing through Greenwich Station on the former New Haven Railroad's Shore Line.

Acela Express 2025 passes through North Elizabeth as it continues onwards to Washington D.C.

Wire Act: Acela Express Train #2170 passing maintenance of way equipment at Hamilton Station on August 22, 2019, as seen from the pedestrian bridge at the station.

Roughly 200 miles into its 457-mile journey from Washington DC to Boston, Massachusetts, Amtrak Acela Express 2170 crosses the Raritan River viaduct after skirting the Rutgers University ca... (more)

As Amtrak train 2154, a high-speed Acela Express, passes through Branford, Connecticut, the Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) in the pond adjacent to the tracks barely take notice. T... (more)

An Amtrak Acela Express barrels through Croydon, PA, ducking the 105 speed markers while en route south towards Philadelphia.