Orange Amtrak locos

[mecgp7]

I picked up an Atlas/Kato N scale RS3 shell in a box of parts I purchased. The shell was factory painted in solid orange with black Amtrak lettering along the long hood and the # 131 on the cab. I have had no luck finding a pic of the loco in orange. I have found them of Amtrak #131 in black. Did Amtrak ever paint RS3s in solid orange or did I inherit a foob?

[Philip H]

The solid orange ones are their in house MOW locos. No idea if they ever rostered and RS-3 for that purpose.

[EL3632]

The Amtrak RS3s were only ever painted black or Phase III (which RS3m and RS3u units were the only ones to wear phase III, I believe). The orange was only ever applied to GP7/GP9 units. So yes, it is a foob.

[wazzou]

Amtrak did roster RS-3's. 
Some were former Penn Central.  I would imagine it's possible, but unlikely that any examples made it into orange paint.

[mecgp7]

I figured it was a foob. I do have an old chassis for it though. It's the only Amtrak I own🙂

[Virginia Atlantic]

Amtrak definitely rostered some Alco RS units, and all-orange is indeed their MOW scheme, but I can't recall having ever seen an RS3 in the orange.

Amtrak had at least a few painted blue lettered for Washington Terminal (i.e. Washington DC Union Station), but they're all labeled RS-1 by the photographer: 

https://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/6/0/7/5607.1315184938.jpg

https://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/7/5/5/8755.1075298160.jpg

I don't think these was ever painted Orange, but I suppose it's conceivable.

[NSEGeorge]

I have a couple of those RS-3 shells. It looks like they were produced by Ak-Sar-Ben as a "special run". They printed on pretty much everything they could get hold of. They did a number of Amtrak products in Orange.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

All Amtrak RS3s:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locoList.aspx?id=AMTK&mid=171

And after scrolling through em all, not a single orange unit.

But there is this cool photo of one with the D&H PAs
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=497308