I was finally able to put my purchases made during during york sales on the layout.
Some new 30k tankers
Also picked up some lionscale acfx 4 bay covered hoppers. I was expecting the color to be a light gray. They are more of a brown gray, not a deal breaker just surprised. It's hard to find plain covered hoppers.
I also received a box of goodies from lionel on Friday that I purchased during the half off sale to upgrade my conventional santa fe dash-9 I bought new 20 years ago. The command and railsounds upgrades were straight forward as this was a command upgradable unit. Installing the electrocouplers however was a bit more of a challenge. I ordered the right ones but the wire leads were too short to plug into the motherboard so some splicing and soldering was needed. Test run indicated everything is working as intended!
Have a great weekend everyone!