Amtrak Photo Archive

Amtrak Photo Archive
an unofficial site
The ACELA

After the page loads, click on the image or engine number to view a larger image. White sections are the newer additions.
Jeff Lubchansky has an Acela page - visit it here
The February 7, 2001 Trainset numbering at bottom of page
HHP-8 Loco photos located here
Cars and other view located here

Paint variations noted by Ralph Carter

Clear Nose
no red stripe

Blue Amtrak
red Stripe

Red Amtrak
red Stripe

	Acela at Montpelier, Vermont September 2000 from Ed Waldrup
	Acela at Barre, Vermont September 2000 a rare end view Ed Waldrup
	This is a Ron Godson's GPS taken on the Acela between Boston and New York, 149mph (September 2002)

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	Location & Information	DATE	Photo Credit
2000	Seabrook MD	June 17, 2003	Chao-Hwa Chen
2000	Trenton NJ	April 23, 2005	Dick Leonhardt
2000	Newark NJ	12 Oct 2007	Dick Leonhardt
2001	Philadelphia PA taken from the train approaching the 30th Street Station	Nov 7, 1999	Bill Hakkarinen
2001	Perryville MD	Nov 5, 2005	Bill Hakkarinen
2001	Newark NJ	Oct 12 2007	Dick Leonhardt
2002	Seabrook MD	June 17, 2003	Chao-Hwa Chen
2003	Philadelphia PA a close up showing how the nose opens for coupling to regular equipment	June 11, 1999
2003	Newark NJ	12 Oct 2007	Dick Leonhardt
2004	Philadelphia PA	early 2000






2004	Boston MA
2005	Philadelphia PA	early 2000	from the collection of John Almeida

2005	Boston MA South Station	Oct 5, 2000
2005	Boston MA South Station	Oct 5, 2000	Dick Leonhardt
2006	Bowie State MD heading away...	July 6, 2001	Pete Piszczek
2006	Perryville MD 2037 is leading, 2006 trailing northbound	June 9, 2001	Mike Martin
2007	Boston station after arriving from Chicago on the LSL	Sept 2002	Ron Goodson
2008	BWI Rail Station	July 29, 2003	Chao-Hwa Chen
2009	2009 in the trailing position. Shot in Pennsylvania Station in Baltimore at 10:22AM	Nov 16, 2000	Bill Larduskey
2009	Inaugural run at Landover MD	Nov 16, 2000	Chao-Hwa Chen
2009	Washington DC Union Station	May 25, 2001	Pete Piszczek
2009	Washington DC Union Station	May 25, 2001	Pete Piszczek

	Location and Information	Date	Photo Credit
2010	BWI Rail Station	July 29, 2003	Chao-Hwa Chen
2011	Perryville MD	Nov 5, 2005	Bill Hakkarinen
2012	Washington DC Amtrak maintenance facilities at Ivy City	March 5, 2005	Bill Hakkarinen
	2013 and 2022, both taken in Philadelphia PA	Aug 18, 2001	Bill Hakkarinen
	2013 and 2022, both taken in Philadelphia PA	Aug 18, 2001	Bill Hakkarinen
2013	Rt-128 26 MA	May 2004	Dick Leonhardt
2013	Kingston RI Flying by at around 95mph. The walkway over the tracks is almost finished. For a few years, Amtrak was running a shuttle bus from the station on the left to the platform on right for southbound passengers.	Dec 30, 2004	Paul McGrane
2014	Martin Airport MD	March 12, 2001	Bill Hakkarinen

2014	Boston MA between South Station and Southampton St yard	Aug 1, 2001	Ralph Carter
2014	Boston MA missing a bit of shroud	Sept 2002	Ron Goodson
2015			Ryan Keene
2016	Leaving Washington DC	April 30, 2004	Bill Hakkarinen
2017	Acela in the NEC	May 2001	Bruce Friedman
2017	Rt 128 Station MA	March 2005	Dick Leonhardt
2018	Odenton MD	June 30, 2002	Chao-Hwa Chen
2019	At Montpelier, Vermont just before shipping to Amtrak	Sept 2000	Ed Waldrup
2019	Martin Airport MD	March 12, 2001	Bill Hakkarinen
2019	2183 southbound at Perryman	June 20, 2001	Bill Hakkarinen
2019	Westwood MA	Dec 22, 2001	Adrian Turner
2019	Westwood MA	Dec 22, 2001	Adrian Turner
2020	The first Acela train to arrive in Baltimore. Arrived on track 6 at 10:22AM at Pennsylvania Station. The trailing unit was 2009.	November 16, 2000	Bill Larduskey
2020	Washington DC Union Station	May 25, 2001	Pete Piszczek
2020	Washington DC Union Station	May 25, 2001	Pete Piszczek
2020	Rt 128 MA	May 12, 2001	Dick Leonhardt
2020	Boston MA Alex has a website	January, 2001	Alex Stroshane
2020	Rt-128 26 MA	July 5, 2004	Dick Leonhardt
2021	BWI Rail Station	July 16, 2003	Chao-Hwa Chen
2022	Boston MA South Station	Sept 30, 2001	Bill Hakkarinen
2023	Washington Union Station	Dec 4, 2002	Randy Barton
2024	BWI Rail Station	July 16, 2003	Chao-Hwa Chen
2025	Acela Express trainset in Rutland VT on it's way to the Northeast Corridor	July 29, 2001	Robert Gayne
2026	Seabrook MD	June 14, 2003	Chao-Hwa Chen
2026	Westwood MA	July 8, 2008	Dick Leonhardt
2027	BWI Station	July 7, 2001	Chao-Hwa Chen
2027	Boston MA South Station	July 30, 2001	Dan Gilreath
2027	Westwood MA	Dec 14, 2001	Adrian Turner
2027	Newark NJ	Oct 12, 2007	Dick Leonhardt
2027	Baltimore MD	Oct 14, 2007	Dick Leonhardt
2028	Washington DC Union Station	May 9, 2003	Pete Piszczek
2028	Ridley Park PA	Aug 25, 2004	Rob C Bounder
2029	Westwood MA	June 13, 2008	Dick Leonhardt
2030	New London CT	April 16, 2001	Alex Stroshane
2030	Boston MA South Station	Feb 8, 2001	Bill Hakkarinen
2030	near MP 48 of the Northeast Corridor just east of Princeton Junction. Note that the top is still intact and the shrouding hasn't been removed as you see on so many Acelas now	Spring 2001	Dom Bentivegna
2031	Philadelphia PA	May 18, 2000	Bill Hakkarinen
2031			Ralph Carter
2031	Washington DC Union Station	May 2001	Herman R. Silbiger
2031	New London, CT	April 16, 2001	Alex Stroshane
2032	Boston MA South Station	Sept 20, 2001	Dick Leonhardt
2032	Baltimore MD	14 Oct 2007	Dick Leonhardt
2033	BWI Station	July 7, 2001	Chao-Hwa Chen
2033	Newark NJ	Oct 12, 2007	Dick Leonhardt
2034	Boston MA South Station	Sept 20, 2001	Dick Leonhardt
	Baltimore MD	Oct 14, 2007	Dick Leonhardt
2035	Edgewood MD Northbound. 2035 leading, 2039 trailing	June 13, 2001	Bill Hakkarinen
2036	Rt 128 Station MA	March 2005	Dick Leonhardt
2037	Perryville MD northbound 2037 leading 2006 trailing	June 9, 2001	Mike Martin
2037			Ralph Carter
2038	Boston MA South Station	Sept 30, 2001	Bill Hakkarinen
2038	Providence RI It was tailing a southbound Acela to DC	Jan 11, 2005	Andru Valpy
2039	Edgewood MD Northbound 2035 leading - 2039 trailing	June 13, 2001	Bill Hakkarinen
2039	Baltimore MD Penn Station	July 6, 2001	Pete Piszczek

Trainset numbering
Legend: 20xx=Power cars, 32xx=First Class, 33xx=Cafe Car, 34xx+End Coach, 35xx=Coach

1	F 20xx R	A 32xx B	B 35xx A	B 35xx A	B 33xx A	B 35xx A	B 34xx A	R 20xx F
1	F 20xx R	A 34xx B	B 35xx A	B 33xx A	B 35xx A	B 35xx A	B 32xx A	R 20xx F

2	F 2003 R	A 3200 B	B 3507 A	B 3504 A	B 3308 A	B 3506 A	B 3401 A	R 2001 F
2	F 2001 R	A 3401 B	B 3506 A	B 3308 A	B 3504 A	B 3507 A	B 3200 A	R 2003 F

3	F 2005R	A 3203 B	B 3512 A	B 3513 A	B 3300 A	B 3517 A	B 3403 A	R 2004 F
3	F 2004 R	A 3403 B	B 3517 A	B 3300 A	B 3513 A	B 3512 A	B 3203 A	R 2005 F

4	F 2008 R	A 3204 B	B 3510 A	B 3509 A	B 3303 A	B 3520 A	B 3405 A	R 2018 F
4	F 20xx R	A 3405 B	B 3520 A	B 3303 A	B 3509 A	B 3510 A	B 3204 A	R 2008 F

5	F 2020 R	A 3207 B	B 3541 A	B 3543 A	B 3305 A	B 3546 A	B 3409 A	R 2009 F
5	F 2009 R	A 3409 B	B 3546 A	B 3305A	B 3543 A	B 3541 A	B 3207 A	R 2020 F

6	F 2031 R	A 3215 B	B 3554 A	B 3549 A	B 3302 A	B 3555 A	B 3417 A	R 2030 F
6	F 2030 R	A 3417 B	B 3555 A	B 3302A	B 3549 A	B 3554 A	B 3215 A	R 2031 F

7	F 2032 R	A 3216 B	B 3553 A	B 3556 A	B 3301 A	B 3557 A	B 3419 A	R 2034 F
7	F 2034 R	A 3419 B	B 3557 A	B 3301 A	B 3556 A	B 3553 A	B 3216 A	R 2032 F

8	F 2019 R	A 3218 B	B 3559 A	B 3548 A	B 3315 A	B 3558 A	B 3416A	R 2014 F
8	F 2014 R	A 3416 B	B 3558 A	B 3315 A	B 3548 A	B 3559 A	B 3218 A	R 20xx F

9	F 2039 R	A 3219 B	B 3544 A	B 3542 A	B 3307 A	B 3547 A	B 3415 A	R 2035 F
9	F 2035 R	A 3415 B	B 3547 A	B 3307 A	B 3542 A	B 3544 A	B 3219 A	R 2039 F

10	F 2016 R	A 3214 B	B 3533 A	B 3540 A	B 3306 A	B 3534 A	B 3413 A	R 2038 F
10	F 2038 R	A 3413 B	B 3534 A	B 3306 A	B 3540 A	B 3533 A	B 3214 A	R 2016 F

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Most of the photos on this site are from original photos/slides or submissions. Some photos are from the web - I have tried to get permission to use on all of them, but a few may have slipped through. Please, let me know if that has happened.

This archive was first accessed Aug 1996
Updated October 5, 2010