Thank you, Jeff, Mike, Dave, Richie, Dan!
Jeff, I wrote about the black blob mystery circuit to see who would pick up on it. I'm not surprised you did. I still thought the track power at 14 v was within the parameters, but wasn't surprised when it went poof! I have lit up greater things than LEDs by far in my time. One was a 5 RU (rack unit) box which tripped a 500 KV breaker. We had to get another from 2 hours away. Another time I momentarily lit up the grated floor in the power station with 120 vac. This was small potatoes! 
Mike, I made 3 steps forward today. Something is going to blow any minute! 
Dave, yes I took the time today to run some wire and install a spare wall wart as you suggested. Much better idea!
Richie, very nice unit! I am using an old MRC power pack to power the Z-Stuff switches and the linear actuators for the lift-up bridges.
Dan, nostalgia for sure! One elderly lady sent us an anniversary card and commented about having being there and making the punch. She was correct! 
So here are the lights installed on the church. The gooseneck looks pretty dim with the room lights on, but shows up well with the lights off. I think I would expect the side light with the shade to look less bright than the front door in real life, though I may pot the lid again and change out the resistor I added for something smaller.
Thank you everyone for all the suggestions!
