Cold and gloomy afternoon = basement time! 
First I reorganized some shelves in my work shop. The top two shelves and lower left were addressed. Not all train stuff but better than it was before. Threw out a bunch of stuff and found a few things along the way. One was a LED puck light I had gotten as a sample years ago. I knew one day I'd find a use for it. Well, today was the day.
Ran trains for a while. I put my LIRR RS-3 on the layout and was able to run it with my SW-8 despite the remote commander's ability to control only one engine. I could command both simultaneously so it sort of works. The RS-3 hits a couple of dead spots that the SW-8 doesn't so the experiment didn't last long. I dug out a custom car I had purchased early last year from the Railroad Museum of Long Island. They did a nice car honoring LI's duck farming heritage (courtesy of Lionel).
Bob
