Surprise Motive Power

So this showed up on the railroad...

I put a bid in on an auction for a nickel over the starting price and much to my surprise I won it.

This is an Atlas RS3, developed jointly with Kato. According to the information on the Spookshow listing this is the second version of this loco, made after the split with Kato in 1999, as evidenced by the plastic trucks and shell mounted Rapido couplers. It's a nice running little loco that I really have no need for, but then again when has need ever really mattered when it comes to model railroading?

I'm sure I'll find a use for it somehow.