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Northeast Corridor

Amtrak Northeast

This is Amtrak's bread and butter. Speeds and frequencies are high. The new high speed Acela service started in December 2000. Electrification has been extended north from New Haven, CT to Boston.

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Acela train heading to Washington leaving Newark Penn Station. (8/27/01) amtk-nec-acela-072602-01.jpg (315483 bytes)Acela Express moving across the NJ Meadows. (7/26/02)
amtk-nec-acela-072502-02.jpg (78270 bytes)Acela Express near the portal of the tunnel to NY. (7/25/02) amtk-nec-acela-072602-03.jpg (352084 bytes)Washington bound train near Allied Junction in NJ. (7/26/02)
amtk-nec-Queens-102904-01.jpg (40866 bytes)Amtrak train on the approach to the Hell's Gate Bridge in Queens. (10/29/04) amtk-nec-Queens-102904-03.jpg (53291 bytes)AEM-7 leading train on the viaduct for the Hell's Gate Bridge in Queens, NY. (10/29/04)
amtk-nec-Queens-102904-02.jpg (50657 bytes)Amtrak train as seen from the Ditmars Blvd subway platform in Queens NY. (10/29/04) amtk-nec-acela-061904-01.jpg (46254 bytes)Acela train at Sunnyside Yards in Queens. (6/19/04)
Acela at Boston South Station (10/12/10) Acela racing through New Carrolton, MD (2/19/08)
Amtrak Regional for NY, departing Philly (8/31/08) Amtrak Regional departing Trenton (9/1/08)
Top speed on the Acela in Massachusetts as seen by my portable GPS'r, 149 MPH  
 

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