Our last "Train Odyssey" before Covid - Niagara Falls to Atlantic City by Rail

Good Morning DU'ers,

Hope everyone is doing well and keeping safe.

Thought I might share some pics from our last train trip before the pandemic hit and curtailed many of our future travel plans
(until now that is - since we have just booked a cross-Canada train trip for this March of 2022 as a sort of retirement celebration as I will be eligible for pension from my employer of 22 years - and since my wife & I are both fully vaxed & boosted & case counts here are projected to drop off substantially by then. For those interested, watch this space for an upcoming video of that future "train odyssey&quot .

Back in Oct 2019, my wife & I traveled by train from Niagara Falls, NY to Atlantic City, NJ - Riding Amtrak's Empire Service from Niagara Falls to New York Penn Station, Amtrak Keystone Service to Philadelphia and then
New Jersey Transit to Atlantic City.

Our return trip included a jaunt on Amtrak’s High Speed Acela Express from Philadelphia to New York City

So without further ado, below are some pics of the route - more of which can bee seen on our website at https://northamericabyrail.info/a-trip-on-amtraks-acela-express-philadelphia-pa-new-york-ny/

Cheers, Pete

Boarding Amtrak Empire Service Train 284 at Niagara Falls, NY


Rochester NY


CSX freight yard at Rochester NY (next two pics)




New York Central 0-6-0 type steam locomotive, Utica, NY


Adirondack Scenic railroad locomotives & rolling stock (some obviously not in service) near the Amtrak station in Utica, NY (next 2 pics)




Mohawk River Valley (next two pics)




Schenectady, NY (next two pics)




Crossing the Hudson River at Albany, NY


Another Amtrak Empire Service Train, Albany, NY


Athens-Hudson lighthouse


Hudson River


Bannerman Castle


Storm King State Park


West Point, NY


Hudson River


Metro North commuter car, Croton-Harmon, NY


Penn Station, NY


Onboard Amtrak Keystone Service train 653 passing Trenton, NJ, Amtrak Station


Philadelphia 30th Street Station


Boarding New Jersey Transit Atlantic City line train at Philadelphia 30th Street Station


Onboard New Jersey Transit Atlantic City line train


New Jersey Transit Atlantic City station


Atlantic City Boardwalk (from our hotel room at Caesar’s Atlantic City)


View from Ferris Wheel at Atlantic City (two pics)




New Jersey Transit locomotive at Atlantic City Station - on our return trip


Onboard New Jersey Transit train departing Atlantic City (two pics)




Near Pennsauken, NJ


Approaching Philadelphia 30th Street Station (three pics)






Our Acela Express train to New York pulling into Philadelphia’s 30th St Station


Amtrak Acela business-class coach


Amtrak Acela cafe car


Leaving Philadelphia on Acela Express train 2158


Onboard the Acela Express travelling along the Northeast Corridor


Trenton, NJ


Newark, NJ, Penn Station


Leaving Newark Penn Station


Passing a New Jersey Transit commuter train


Passing through Jersey Meadows, approaching Manhattan (two pics)




Empire State Building in the distance


Leaving Amtrak Acela train 2158 at New York Penn Station


A large part of the rest of our return journey to Niagara Falls on the connecting Amtrak Empire Service train was made in darkness... hope you enjoyed my pics!