Passenger Trains > Morning rush hour - Bristol, PA

A forecasted sunny day begged getting out for some photography on July 29th, and Bristol, PA was 
near enough for a quick morning session before the Sun rose too high, though early morning haze 
made things a bit tricky at first: 

The first "Acela" of the day, westbound through Bristol, PA - that's the PA Turnpike Bridge in the background

An eastbound followed later after the haze dissappated 

And next up, from the opposite platform, a legacy Acela headed towards NY

/Mitch 

 

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SEPTA filled in the gaps - 

A Silverliner V set arrives from Trenton, NJ, as the Sun rose, bound for Philadelphia

An ACS-64 "All Cities Sprinter" leads a set east just shy of the station

An Amtrak EMD SDP40F (built in 1974 for Amtrak) trails in a light engine move towards 
Philly.

/Mitch
 

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And why not -  an eastbound Keystone in Amtrak's new livery rounds the morning:

/Mitch

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Good sampler of what to see on the Corridor!
Gonut

A great series of photos....lots of diversity plus cool angles. 
Thanks. 

Thanks, Mitch, for these beautiful pictures.  Gerry

Good set of pics, and a worthy IOTD. 

Am I missing something in the light engine move?  I don't see an SDP40 in there. 

Photo #6 you mentioned:
An Amtrak EMD SDP40F (built in 1974 for Amtrak) trails in a light engine move
towards Philly."

Engine #572 is a MPI GP15D; built between 2000-2004.

These are very nice! It's great that you have been getting photos of those legacy Acelas plus the Ex-Metroliner Cab Cars. This is certainly going to be the very last summer that the 1st Gen Acelas will be in service. I can also see those Ex-Metroliner Cab Cars retiring after this summer too. 

jeff56 Wrote:
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> Photo #6 you mentioned:
> An Amtrak EMD SDP40F (built in 1974 for Amtrak)
> trails in a light engine move
> towards Philly."
>
> Engine #572 is a MPI GP15D; built between
> 2000-2004.

You are correct of course. My diesel isn’t too good, lol. I thought it would’ve been something MPI, but a quick glance on Google through me off - if it wasn’t an error from a RRArchives shot, it may had been a train number vs locomotive number that through me off. Thanks for the correction.

/Mitch

Posted from iPhone

Nice shots!!