The Acela Express is Amtrak's premium service in the Northeast Corridor and North America's fastest passenger train. A Bombardier Alstom consortium built 20 trainsets at a cost of $800 million. Each trainset has two power cars, a first class car, four business class cars, and a cafe car. Acela Express entered revenue service on December 11, 2000. It operates at speeds of up to 150 MPH and has tilting technology to improve passenger comfort as the train goes through curves.
Acela Express Power Car 2038 (right) and 2018 at Washington Union Station, August 7, 2002
Acela Express Power Car 2039 at Washington Union Station, June 27, 2001
Acela Express Power Car 2039 at Boston-Back Bay Station, October 28, 2016
Acela Express Power Car 2039 at Penn Station, New York, June 16, 2001
Looking back from Acela Power Car 2038 near Hamilton, NJ. May 9, 2001
AEM-7 945 pulling Acela Regional 87. Photo taken from Power Car 2027 south of Wilmington, DE, September 29, 2001
Trackwork at Perryville, MD. To the right of the mainline tracks is the Perryville Yard. Photo taken on September 29, 2001 from power car 2027
Crossing one of the three, long bridges between Baltimore and Wilmington in Power Car 2027, September 29, 2001
A Genesis Engine pulling the Silver Star (train 91). Photo taken from Power Car 2027 between Baltimore and Perryville, September 29, 2001
Acela Express Power Car X001 at 30th Street Station, Philadelphia
Engineer's controls. The LCD on the right has a speedometer. The left is the same as in the cafe car. Power car 2038, May 9, 2001
Business Class Interior
Business Class Conference Table
Wheelchair accessible seat and conference table
Articulated vestibule between cars
"Railphone" booth
Accessible restroom
LCD signage showing the train's origin, next stop and destination
Articulated vestibule between cars
LCD display at the end of a railcar
LCD display at the end of a railcar
LCD signage showing the train's origin, next stop and destination
LCD signage showing the train's origin, next stop and destination
Acela Express Cafe Car Interior
Acela Express Cafe Car Interior
Acela Express Cafe Car Interior
Conductor's office interior
First Class Galley, August 3, 2002
First Class Galley, August 3, 2002
First class car interior, August 3, 20
One of the dinner items in First Class, August 3, 2002
The First Class dessert selection, Opera Cake, August 3, 2002
First Class two seater with tray tables, August 3, 2002
First Class single seater, August 3, 2002
First Class interior, August 3, 2002
Corridor from the passenger area to the cab of power car 2038, May 9, 2001
Acela Express "Fireman's Controls." This is the same LCD as in the conductor's cab. Power Car 2038, May 9, 2001
Cab signalling. Power Car 2038, May 9, 2001
Radio. Power car 2038, May 9, 2001