It is entirely possible that you will be seeing a lot of these units in the future! This is a Siemens-built SC-44 "Charger", and it is being proposed as the successor to GE's (now Wabtec's) P42DC. This is already happening on some state-supported routes, such as the Amtrak Cascades route. But Amtrak has a tentative order for 75 of these for use on long distance trains. Amtrak crews are reportedly not fans of these units. They are lighter and have far less protection on the head end, should they run in to something.
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