Is amtrak a diesal or electric train?

amtrak is a company that owns trains. most amtrak trains are diesel but in the north east (NY, Penn, NH MD, CT, DC, etc) there is catenary for electric trains so amtrak is both diesel and electric.

Answer: I live in NJ and I take Amtrak to the south. So from NJ to Washingto, DC it runs electric. Once in DC, they announce that the train will be switching over to diesel.