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)
Acela
Express moving across the NJ Meadows. (7/26/02)
Acela
Express near the portal of the tunnel to NY. (7/25/02)
Washington
bound train near Allied Junction in NJ. (7/26/02)
Amtrak
train on the approach to the Hell's Gate Bridge in Queens. (10/29/04)
AEM-7
leading train on the viaduct for the Hell's Gate Bridge in Queens, NY.
(10/29/04)
Amtrak
train as seen from the Ditmars Blvd subway platform in Queens NY.
(10/29/04)
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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