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ACELA HIGH SPEED SERVICE

NO REPRODUCTION WITHOUT ADVANCE WRITTEN PERMISSION ALL PHOTOS © JEFF LUBCHANSKY EXCEPT WHERE NOTED.

2000
AFTER ALL THE STRUCTURAL WORK, THE ROOF COWLINGS HAVE NOW BEEN REPLACED ON ALL THE UNITS. METROPARK, NJ. FEBRUARY 8, 2004.

2001
THE ENTIRE TRAINSET, 2001 IN THE LEAD. PENN COACH YARD, JUNE 11, 1999.

TRUCKS FOR THOSE WHO LIKE THE TECHNICAL STUFF, THIS IS THE FRONT TRUCK OF ACELA UNIT 2003. PENN COACH YARD, JUNE 11, 1999.

2001 PENN COACH YARD, PHILADELPHIA, PA. MAY 29, 2000.

2003 SITTING NEXT TO HHP-8 653 AT THE RACE STREET ENGINE HOUSE IN PHILADELPHIA, PA. THE OBVIOUS DIFFERENCE IS THE PLACEMENT OF THE DITCH LIGHTS. JULY 21, 2001.

2005 LEAD UNIT FACING NORTHEAST WITH 2008 AS THE TRAILER. PHILADELPHIA, PA. FEB 2, 2002.

2006 I'D HATE TO BE A SLOW MOVING BIRD IN FRONT OF THIS TRAIN. METROPARK, NJ, MAY 11, 2001. REAR OF TRAIN, 2037 IN LEAD.

2007 2007 TRAILS 2028 THRU HARRISON, NJ. JULY 27, 2001.

2008 THAT'S THE PHILADELPHIA ART MUSEUM IN THE BACKGROUND. FEB 2, 2002.

2009 NORTH END OF THIS TRAINSET. PHILADELPHIA, PA. MAY 29, 2000. .

2009 BETTER LIGHT AS 2009 PASSES AS THE TRAILER TO 2020. METROPARK, NJ. NOV 11, 2000.

2010 WASHINGTON DC. OCTOBER 27, 2006.

2011/2012 2 BRAND NEW TRAINSETS GOING THRU INSPECTION AT THE BOMBARDIER FACILITY AT THE PENN COACH YARDS IN PHILADELPHIA, PA. JULY 21, 2001.

2022/2013 OTHER END OF 2011/2012. PENN COACH YARDS, PHILADELPHIA, PA. JULY 21, 2001.

2014 EASTBOUND TO NYC JUST PAST NEWARK, NJ STATION. PHOTOGRAPHED FROM MY NJT TRAIN. MAY 3, 2002.

2015 THIS IS WHAT THE APPROACHING MOTORMAN SEES FROM TRACK 1. BASED ON THE TIME, IT WAS PROBABLY THE 10:00AM ACELA FROM NY. THE APPROACH SPEED WAS AT LEAST 120MPH. ELIZABETH NJ, JULY 12, 2001 THE FUZZY MARKS ARE DEAD BUGS ON THE DOOR WINDOW..

2015 UNION STATION. WASHINGTON, DC. OCTOBER 27, 2006.

2016 TAIL END, 2038 IS THE LEAD ENGINE. HEADING EAST TO NY PENN STATION, PASSING THRU "GEORGE" HARRISON PATH TRAIN STATION AROUND 10:00 AM ON JULY 27, 2001.

2017 THE REAR OF THE NEW ACELA SHOPS AT IVY CITY NEAR WASHINGTON, DC. JULY 14, 2001.

2019 LEADING 2014 WESTBOUND TO DC. METROPARK, NJ. JULY 5, 2001.

2020 SOUTH END OF THIS TRAINSET. PHILADELPHIA, PA. MAY 29, 2000.

2024 DITMARS BLVD, ASTORIA IN QUEENS, NY. TRAIN LAST STATION STOP OF THE N & W ELEVATED SUBWAY. ACELA EXPRESS IS HEADING WEST JUST OFF THE HELLSGATE BRIDGE. DECEMBER 22, 2002. ©JOSH LUBCHANSKY

2024 SOUTHBOUND ACELA PASSING THE DC WYE AND THE COACH YARDS. OCTOBER 25, 2006. WASHINGTON DC - IN A HEAVY RAIN.

2025 HEADING WESTBOUND TO WASHINGTON DC. THIS IS THE TRAILER ENGINE. METROPARK, NJ. MAY 14, 2002.

2027 AT THE NORTH END OF THE IVY CITY HIGH SPEED SHOPS. JUNE 7, 2002 DURING THE CRTS SPRING CONVENTION.

2028 POWER UNIT 2028 LEADS TRAINSET WESTBOUND THRU THE PATH "GEORGE" HARRISON TRAIN STATION AROUND 10:00 AM.2007 WAS THE TRAILER. WITHIN 1 HOUR, 5 ACELA SETS WENT BY. JULY 27, 2001.

2030 ON THE OTHERSIDE IS 2030. THIS IS FACING EAST. THE DISTORTION IS CAUSED BY THE PROXIMITY TO THE ENGINE WITH A 20MM LENS. PENN STATION, NY. MARCH 12, 2001.

2031 FACING WEST/SOUTH. THIS TRAINSET IS IN ACTIVE SERVICE. PENN STATION, NY. MARCH 12, 2001.

2032 90+ MPH THRU METROPARK. EASTBOUND TO NY THEN BOSTON. JUNE 2001.

2033 2033 IS NORTHBOUND AT THE STATION, 2010 IS PULLING IN AT THE SOUTHBOUND TRACK. YOU SEE THE PROBLEM WITH DIGITAL CAMERAS IS YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN THE PICTURE WILL BE TAKEN THEREFORE YOU CAN'T TELL WHERE THE MOVING OBJECT WILL SHOW UP IN THE PHOTO. BWI AIRPORT STATION, BALTIMORE, MD. JUNE 7, 2002.

2033 HEADING EASTBOUND AND APPROACHING ELIZABETH NJ. OCTOBER 25, 2006.

2034 TRAILER FOR EASTBOUND 2032 ABOVE BUT AT A LATER DATE. I SHOT AT 5FPS AND STILL WAS NOT ABLE TO FRAME THE PHOTO TO MY SATISFACTION. METROPARK, NJ - JUNE 2001.

2035 JUST IN FROM DC AT 10:00AM, THIS TRAIN WILL MOVE SHORTLY TO SUNNYSIDE YARD. PENN STATION, NY. MARCH 22, 2001.

2037 IT'S NOT EASY PHOTOGRAPHING SOMETHING MOVING AT 90MPH TOWARDS YOU. I PUT ON THE HIGH SPEED MOTOR AND HOPED FOR THE BEST. EASTBOUND TRACK 2, METROPARK, NJ. MAY 11, 2001, APPOX 9:15AM.

2038 HEADING EASTBOUND TO NY PENN STATION. 2016 IS THE TRAILER. NEWARK IS IN THE BACKGROUND AS TRAINSET PASSES THRU THE HARRISON PATH STATION. JULY 27, 2001.

2038/2039 AT FIRST A RARE OCCURANCE, BUT MORE FREQUENTLY NOW. THE 9:00AM WESTBOUND METROLINER AND THE 7:00AM EASTBOUND MEET AT METROPARK STATION. JULY 5, 2001.

2039 THE OTHER SIDE OF 2035. THE TRAIN IS NOW MOVING SO IT'S BLURRED. PENN STATION, NY. MARCH 22, 2001.

650 BRAND NEW AT THE PENN COACH YARD IN PHILADELPHIA, PA. JULY 21, 2001.

651 ACELA POWER UNIT TO REPLACE(YEAH RIGHT) THE E60'S. UNIT 651 IS AT THE PENN COACH YARD JUNE 11, 1999. WHAT ABOUT "AIRSTREAM" AS A NICKNAME? AFTER ALL, CHICAGO HAS ITS WINNEBAGOS.

653 PARKED AT THE RACE STREET ENGINE YARD IN PHILADELPHIA, PA. NEXT TO IT IS 2003. JULY 21, 2001.

653 HHP-8 653 WITH 661 AS A CHASER. THIS IS AROUND 5:00 PM AT THE HARRION PATH TRAIN STATION. NOTICE THE MISSING PANEL IN THE TOP CENTER OF THE LEAD UNIT. JULY 27, 2001.

654 PENN COACH YARDS. PHILADELPHIA, PA. MAY 29, 2000

655 PENN COACH YARDS HOOKED UP TO 654. PHILADELPHIA, PA. MAY 29, 2000

655 OPERATING AN INSPECTION TRAIN. METROPARK, NJ. JAN 2, 2001.

656 SPEEDING EASTBOUND THRU METROPARK STATION. JULY 5, 2001.

658 HOOKED UP TO E60 605 DURING A TRACK MOVE. DEC 15, 2001, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

659 HHP UNIT. THIS WILL TAKE CONSIST TO PHILADELPHIA WHERE IT WILL BE REMOVED BEFORE TRAIN CONTINUES TO HARRISBURG. PENN STATION, NY. NOV 15, 2000.

660 EASTBOUND TO NEW YORK PENN STATION PASSING BY METROPARK, NJ. APRIL 16, 2002

662 EASTBOUND, STOPPED AT THE METROPARK STATION.PHOTOGRAPHED FROM THE LOW PLATFORM. JULY 5, 2001.

663 PULLING THE 9:00AM METROLINER FROM NYC TO WASHINGTON "W" DC. METROPARK, NJ. FEBRUARY 257, 2000.

3207 FIRST CLASS CARRIAGE ON THE 2020 UNIT. PHILADELPHIA, PA. MAY 29, 2000.

3551 BUSINESS CLASS CARRIAGE ON THE 2011 TRAINSET. PENN COACH YARDS, PHILADELPHIA, PA. JULY 21, 2001.

**ACELA HIGH SPEED SERVICE**

**NO REPRODUCTION WITHOUT ADVANCE** **WRITTEN PERMISSION** **ALL PHOTOS © JEFF LUBCHANSKY EXCEPT** **WHERE NOTED.**
2000	AFTER ALL THE STRUCTURAL WORK, THE ROOF COWLINGS HAVE NOW BEEN REPLACED ON ALL THE UNITS. METROPARK, NJ. FEBRUARY 8, 2004.
2001	THE ENTIRE TRAINSET, 2001 IN THE LEAD. PENN COACH YARD, JUNE 11, 1999.
TRUCKS	FOR THOSE WHO LIKE THE TECHNICAL STUFF, THIS IS THE FRONT TRUCK OF ACELA UNIT 2003. PENN COACH YARD, JUNE 11, 1999.
2001	PENN COACH YARD, PHILADELPHIA, PA. MAY 29, 2000.
2003	SITTING NEXT TO HHP-8 653 AT THE RACE STREET ENGINE HOUSE IN PHILADELPHIA, PA. THE OBVIOUS DIFFERENCE IS THE PLACEMENT OF THE DITCH LIGHTS. JULY 21, 2001.
2005	LEAD UNIT FACING NORTHEAST WITH 2008 AS THE TRAILER. PHILADELPHIA, PA. FEB 2, 2002.
2006	I'D HATE TO BE A SLOW MOVING BIRD IN FRONT OF THIS TRAIN. METROPARK, NJ, MAY 11, 2001. REAR OF TRAIN, 2037 IN LEAD.
2007	2007 TRAILS 2028 THRU HARRISON, NJ. JULY 27, 2001.
2008	THAT'S THE PHILADELPHIA ART MUSEUM IN THE BACKGROUND. FEB 2, 2002.
2009	NORTH END OF THIS TRAINSET. PHILADELPHIA, PA. MAY 29, 2000. .
2009	BETTER LIGHT AS 2009 PASSES AS THE TRAILER TO 2020. METROPARK, NJ. NOV 11, 2000.
2010	WASHINGTON DC. OCTOBER 27, 2006.
2011/2012	2 BRAND NEW TRAINSETS GOING THRU INSPECTION AT THE BOMBARDIER FACILITY AT THE PENN COACH YARDS IN PHILADELPHIA, PA. JULY 21, 2001.
2022/2013	OTHER END OF 2011/2012. PENN COACH YARDS, PHILADELPHIA, PA. JULY 21, 2001.
2014	EASTBOUND TO NYC JUST PAST NEWARK, NJ STATION. PHOTOGRAPHED FROM MY NJT TRAIN. MAY 3, 2002.
2015	THIS IS WHAT THE APPROACHING MOTORMAN SEES FROM TRACK 1. BASED ON THE TIME, IT WAS PROBABLY THE 10:00AM ACELA FROM NY. THE APPROACH SPEED WAS AT LEAST 120MPH. ELIZABETH NJ, JULY 12, 2001 THE FUZZY MARKS ARE DEAD BUGS ON THE DOOR WINDOW..
2015	UNION STATION. WASHINGTON, DC. OCTOBER 27, 2006.
2016	TAIL END, 2038 IS THE LEAD ENGINE. HEADING EAST TO NY PENN STATION, PASSING THRU "GEORGE" HARRISON PATH TRAIN STATION AROUND 10:00 AM ON JULY 27, 2001.
2017	THE REAR OF THE NEW ACELA SHOPS AT IVY CITY NEAR WASHINGTON, DC. JULY 14, 2001.
2019	LEADING 2014 WESTBOUND TO DC. METROPARK, NJ. JULY 5, 2001.
2020	SOUTH END OF THIS TRAINSET. PHILADELPHIA, PA. MAY 29, 2000.
2024	DITMARS BLVD, ASTORIA IN QUEENS, NY. TRAIN LAST STATION STOP OF THE N & W ELEVATED SUBWAY. ACELA EXPRESS IS HEADING WEST JUST OFF THE HELLSGATE BRIDGE. DECEMBER 22, 2002. ©JOSH LUBCHANSKY
2024	SOUTHBOUND ACELA PASSING THE DC WYE AND THE COACH YARDS. OCTOBER 25, 2006. WASHINGTON DC - IN A HEAVY RAIN.
2025	HEADING WESTBOUND TO WASHINGTON DC. THIS IS THE TRAILER ENGINE. METROPARK, NJ. MAY 14, 2002.
2027	AT THE NORTH END OF THE IVY CITY HIGH SPEED SHOPS. JUNE 7, 2002 DURING THE CRTS SPRING CONVENTION.
2028	POWER UNIT 2028 LEADS TRAINSET WESTBOUND THRU THE PATH "GEORGE" HARRISON TRAIN STATION AROUND 10:00 AM.2007 WAS THE TRAILER. WITHIN 1 HOUR, 5 ACELA SETS WENT BY. JULY 27, 2001.
2030	ON THE OTHERSIDE IS 2030. THIS IS FACING EAST. THE DISTORTION IS CAUSED BY THE PROXIMITY TO THE ENGINE WITH A 20MM LENS. PENN STATION, NY. MARCH 12, 2001.
2031	FACING WEST/SOUTH. THIS TRAINSET IS IN ACTIVE SERVICE. PENN STATION, NY. MARCH 12, 2001.
2032	90+ MPH THRU METROPARK. EASTBOUND TO NY THEN BOSTON. JUNE 2001.
2033	2033 IS NORTHBOUND AT THE STATION, 2010 IS PULLING IN AT THE SOUTHBOUND TRACK. YOU SEE THE PROBLEM WITH DIGITAL CAMERAS IS YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN THE PICTURE WILL BE TAKEN THEREFORE YOU CAN'T TELL WHERE THE MOVING OBJECT WILL SHOW UP IN THE PHOTO. BWI AIRPORT STATION, BALTIMORE, MD. JUNE 7, 2002.
2033	HEADING EASTBOUND AND APPROACHING ELIZABETH NJ. OCTOBER 25, 2006.
2034	TRAILER FOR EASTBOUND 2032 ABOVE BUT AT A LATER DATE. I SHOT AT 5FPS AND STILL WAS NOT ABLE TO FRAME THE PHOTO TO MY SATISFACTION. METROPARK, NJ - JUNE 2001.
2035	JUST IN FROM DC AT 10:00AM, THIS TRAIN WILL MOVE SHORTLY TO SUNNYSIDE YARD. PENN STATION, NY. MARCH 22, 2001.
2037	IT'S NOT EASY PHOTOGRAPHING SOMETHING MOVING AT 90MPH TOWARDS YOU. I PUT ON THE HIGH SPEED MOTOR AND HOPED FOR THE BEST. EASTBOUND TRACK 2, METROPARK, NJ. MAY 11, 2001, APPOX 9:15AM.
2038	HEADING EASTBOUND TO NY PENN STATION. 2016 IS THE TRAILER. NEWARK IS IN THE BACKGROUND AS TRAINSET PASSES THRU THE HARRISON PATH STATION. JULY 27, 2001.
2038/2039	AT FIRST A RARE OCCURANCE, BUT MORE FREQUENTLY NOW. THE 9:00AM WESTBOUND METROLINER AND THE 7:00AM EASTBOUND MEET AT METROPARK STATION. JULY 5, 2001.
2039	THE OTHER SIDE OF 2035. THE TRAIN IS NOW MOVING SO IT'S BLURRED. PENN STATION, NY. MARCH 22, 2001.
650	BRAND NEW AT THE PENN COACH YARD IN PHILADELPHIA, PA. JULY 21, 2001.
651	ACELA POWER UNIT TO REPLACE(YEAH RIGHT) THE E60'S. UNIT 651 IS AT THE PENN COACH YARD JUNE 11, 1999. WHAT ABOUT "AIRSTREAM" AS A NICKNAME? AFTER ALL, CHICAGO HAS ITS WINNEBAGOS.
653	PARKED AT THE RACE STREET ENGINE YARD IN PHILADELPHIA, PA. NEXT TO IT IS 2003. JULY 21, 2001.
653	HHP-8 653 WITH 661 AS A CHASER. THIS IS AROUND 5:00 PM AT THE HARRION PATH TRAIN STATION. NOTICE THE MISSING PANEL IN THE TOP CENTER OF THE LEAD UNIT. JULY 27, 2001.
654	PENN COACH YARDS. PHILADELPHIA, PA. MAY 29, 2000
655	PENN COACH YARDS HOOKED UP TO 654. PHILADELPHIA, PA. MAY 29, 2000
655	OPERATING AN INSPECTION TRAIN. METROPARK, NJ. JAN 2, 2001.
656	SPEEDING EASTBOUND THRU METROPARK STATION. JULY 5, 2001.
658	HOOKED UP TO E60 605 DURING A TRACK MOVE. DEC 15, 2001, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
659	HHP UNIT. THIS WILL TAKE CONSIST TO PHILADELPHIA WHERE IT WILL BE REMOVED BEFORE TRAIN CONTINUES TO HARRISBURG. PENN STATION, NY. NOV 15, 2000.
660	EASTBOUND TO NEW YORK PENN STATION PASSING BY METROPARK, NJ. APRIL 16, 2002
662	EASTBOUND, STOPPED AT THE METROPARK STATION.PHOTOGRAPHED FROM THE LOW PLATFORM. JULY 5, 2001.
663	PULLING THE 9:00AM METROLINER FROM NYC TO WASHINGTON "W" DC. METROPARK, NJ. FEBRUARY 257, 2000.
3207	FIRST CLASS CARRIAGE ON THE 2020 UNIT. PHILADELPHIA, PA. MAY 29, 2000.
3551	BUSINESS CLASS CARRIAGE ON THE 2011 TRAINSET. PENN COACH YARDS, PHILADELPHIA, PA. JULY 21, 2001.

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