Unfortunately I can’t give great details because I didn’t get to stop and take a close look, and I didn’t get any pics, but I’ll tell you what I know (which isn’t much).
The locomotive was an odd unit, I’m not even sure what it was. It had a long hood and a squished looking nose. Not as tall as something like a GP 38, but it resembled one, in a way. Kinda looked like a bull dog from the front. It was a deisel and in Amtrak colors (I didn’t get the number, I was driving past it and approached from the rear). It was leading about a dozen hopper cars, orangish-red in color, lettered for Amtrak. On the end was a caboose-looking thing, but it didn’t look like any caboose I’ve ever seen. It was very boxy, and seemed to have oversized walkways on each end. It was the same orangish red as the hopper cars and lettered for Amtrak.
This was parked on a siding near Harrisburg International Airport, on the Harrisburg to Philly line, so it probably has something to do with them rebuilding that line, although no work as been going on in this area. Can anyone tell me more about this train or dig up some pics of it?
Thanks!