Acela Express

Description

With it's incredible speed, a northbound Acela Express creates a blur as it speeds towards the camera on track 2 of the mainline.

A Southbound Acela Express speeds by a local station platform en-route to Washington, D.C.

Northeast Corridor trains on the MLRR that run between Pelham Bay and the Hellgate bridge run wrong-rail as seen here with this southbound Acela train.

Power car parked at the MLRR's Chicago/Washington terminal and yard.

Having received clearance from K Tower to depart Union Station, Washington, a Northbound Acela begins to negotiate the ladder as it makes its way on the MLRR main.

Acela glides into a station along its route.

2036 has its pans down as it temporarily occupies one of the high level platform tracks to make room in the Chicago/Washington terminal and yard for an arriving train.

A northbound Acela rounding the curve at turn 1 on the MLRR main.  Note that ballast has not been applied here.  The MLRR wanted to wait a year to make sure everything settled prior to ballasting the curves.  This would help to reduce/eliminate derailments as a result of kinks in the rail.