A northbound long distance train crosses the Susquehanna River at sunset.

A southbound Acela races into the sunset across the Susquehanna River.

A northbound Acela emerges through a tangle of catenary wires late in the evening.

Places to go, people to meet - Amtrak's Acela Express races the sun southbound past Perryville en route to Washington, D.C. A zoom Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: Bombardier/Alstom Acela Express Trainset
Location: Perryville, Maryland, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 2036
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 23, 2011

In the wee hours of the morning NS 37A stops on the north leg of the wye at Perryville to wait for Baltimore-bound NS 34A to clear Perry interlocking.

Still a year to go for Penn Central operation of the NEC. A Boston bound train including a diner/grill car is led by a PC GG-1 as the sun sets.

Junaita Terminal's PRR E8s 5711 and 5809 lead the Liberty Limited across the PRR bridge into Perryville, MD. The Liberty Limited in run to take injured military personnel from Walter Reed Medical ... (more)

Near sunset

The "Silver Star" is nearing both the end of its journey and the end of the day as it crosses the Susquehanna

An Acela comes NB off the two-track Susquehanna River Bridge. Even given the extreme telephoto compression, impressive how the track fluctuates. I'd love to see a similar shot of, say, a TGV or ... (more)

Amtrak "Holiday Special" with MARC equipment rushes north near sunset

NS 9271 leads a 951 OCS northbound across the Susquehanna River to Perryville, where it will leave Amtrak's NEC, turning west onto the NS Port Road Branch.

On its way from Baltimore, MD to Conway, PA, the NS OCS crosses the Susquehanna River bridge between Havre de Grace and Perryville, MD on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor just before 0930.

Sunset on a southbound

An unexpected treat while we awaited the Cake Boss Acela, NS ran a rare daylight coal train up the corridor. Led by ES40DC 7596, the coal drag rumbles across the PRR built bridge at Perryville, MD... (more)