Locomotive "Asset Rationalization"

I sold off this Dash8 39-B locomotive recently, through the Facebook group "Canadian railway Modelers Buy/Sell". I think the railways or other big businesses would call it "asset rationalization". I simply didn't run this engine much anymore, and thought that maybe someone else would.

I recall that I had bought this Atlas locomotive at the train show in Woodstock from Bjarne Hansen, but I really don't remember how many years ago that was.  Bjarne had patched it from BC Rail to HLCX and done the light weathering with his airbrush.

I do remember however that Sean Steele got me a new handrail set for it, as one or two of the handrails had been broken. Anyway, I thought I'd post a couple of views of the locomotive.

Outside the shop at the JSSX

The lights are non-functioning, as they are jewels

A look at the conductor's side.  I always thought that the silver trucks and fuel tank looked real sharp on this engine

And a drone view showing some soot and grime

Switching gears a little bit, I'll include this nice photo of a FMC 50 foot combination-door boxcar sitting at the seldom used warehouse on one of the transload spurs (there are two of them) on the JSSX.

I did the weathering on this car.  The graffiti on the door and to the right of the door is a decal.  When I put such a decal in that location, I slice it horizontally into 3 pieces with a sharp blade. One narrow piece goes below the door track, a very narrow slice goes on the door track, and then the large piece of course goes on the car's door and side wall.  Road grime is sprayed on after everything is all settled.

Have a good week, and happy modeling !