Adding LED Lighting to the Exterior of Lionel's Ice House

I don't see anywhere in the description that it is an LED. It appears from the photo to be a grain of wheat incandescent lamp. You don't need to use the same power supply as the operating circuit; just run wires from a transformer set to the voltage that you think makes the lamp(s) look correct. You can put two of them in series, which halves the input voltage, to get a warm glow instead of a bright light.

You need to get yourself an inexpensive ($10) digital voltmeter. It will be very helpful in this hobby that uses electricity for almost everything.

Woodland Scenics has these...

Gooseneck Light Link

...which are LED.

And their video on installation...

Hope it helps.

KD

I messed up doing my search on bulbs, I had specified LED but I guess I went too far down in the search an got this one instead.  Oh well, 16V grain of wheat bulbs are easy to find on eBay.  I know I need a voltmeter, I'm just too cheap.  I'll guess I'll get one on Amazon.  Any recommendations on what features are especially useful for work on the various aspects of Lionel trains, or are they about the same?

For most of the very basic stuff with your electric trains for the novice i'd suggest a simple analog multimeter that measures AC voltage, DC voltage, & ohms; such as the Gardner Bender GMT 312 about $10 or the Gardner Bender GMT318 (with the very handy battery tester) at $15. Others can be found for $10 - $15 online. Yes, there's a lot more stuff out there with more options that are used by the electronic gurus (GRJ, Norton, et.al.) here. But for your basic needs one of these should serve you well. Analog while old tech is easier to read; that's the same reason most of us preferred analog tachometers over the new digital ones in our race cars.

KD,

Thanks, the link was quite helpful.  I'm sure I'll be picking up some of those in the next couple of weeks.

Jackson,

Your multimeter suggestion was spot on.  Thanks.

Andy