Originally Posted by gunrunnerjohn:
There is no "wrong" way Chuck. The golden rule of model railroading: It's your RR, run it as you see fit.
Ok...'cause here it is. The cap at 470uF is overkill, but I had a bag of them. I ordered some smd 1n4004s, which will be easier...and note that I had to cut the +12 feed to the strip so the ckt would power it.