So, I ended up with 6 pounds of decals from the estate of a large scale modeler. A majority of these 1/29 decals are DT&I.

I have 2 big questions.

1. Anyone have any interest in 1/29 DT&I decals? I'm thinking there's easily 50 sets of the DT&I logo that this guy had custom printed. I have plans for 1 or 2 sets as I was able to acquire one of this guy's unfinished boxcar projects. Now I have the decals to finish that car.

Finally making progress... I finished the diesel sand tower from Walthers Kit #933-3182 and the concrete fueling pad for the tower and the rest of the locomotive servicing equipment (working on those now). The weathering on the sand tower was done using the techniques learned in the "Weathering Like a Pro" two part video series done by Mike Confalone, if you don't own them I would highly recommend you do so. Overall I'm pleased with how it turned out.

I'm not sure this is the correct place for this or not ?   I didn't see any place for a "DC" question.

I have been retro fitting my old brass and Mantua engines with  LED's and can motors, it's working out pretty well.

One thing I noticed I don't like is a flicker in the rear light when the engine is moving forward, It does the same thing with the old 1.5 bulbs as well as the LED's.

I found an article that said to use a .047uf cap across the motor ?

First week of March already!  I had the pleasure of meeting jcshall a couple of weeks ago.  It’s an honor to follow a new friend!  Here’s a picture I took at the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum in Jackson, Mississippi.  Tim Latham, a name you should recognize from the forum here, was our gracious tour guide and now another new friend for the “royal tour”.  I’ll have pictures up shortly of their three layouts.