Last week I was down in Charlotteville, VA for a wedding. My boys and I spent a lot of great quality time trainspotting at the station there where the CSX and NS lines cross. Last Friday night about 9:30, we saw a most bizarre thing coming south on the NS line. After a couple of lead engines looking somewhat normal, it was followed by about 20 engine units of some sort (and then a mixed freight train). The engines were very boxy (almost like B units), blue, and covered in what I was guessing was arabic language.
A man who was there and saw my kids’ reactions told them that these engines were manufactured in PA and were being driven down south to be put on a ship bound for somewhere in North Africa.
I have been trying to find any information on what I saw. Unfortunately I was not quick enough with the camera to take a picture and google searches have produced nothing.
Any help with uncovering this mystery would be most appreciated.
Dave