A sweet eBay deal netted me a new locomotive. At any given time there's four or five Bachmann New Tool 4-4-0s on the 'Bay. Now and again one appears in a price range that I can not ignore. Such was the case for this one. The model started out life as a B&O 4-4-0 in the "Royal Blue" paint.
I liked the Royal Blue colors, and decided to keep the basic color scheme, but "W&Aize" it. The result is a striking locomotive. The model was dull-coated to a matte finish, and a slew of detail parts were added atop the re-decaling.
The name "Jarla" comes from 'The Sight' book series by David Clement-Davies. An ongoing source for names for my locomotives. I left the stock DCC/Sound chip in her for the moment. Although that might change as future finances allow. She's a sharp locomotive and will look good at the head of either a mail train, or a crack passinger train.
Hmmm....might have to work on fixing up a few passenger cars now for her to haul.
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