I have always thought these lights were rather anemic because they shine straight up into the housing. I took the housing off and drilled a hole in the back, popped out the lens, and put a slot in with a Dremel for the wires. I put the led in from the back, tucked the wires into the slot and put the housing back on. I wasn’t sure how it would turn out, so I didn’t get pictures of the process, but I will on the next pair. Big difference.
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That's certainly a big improvement! 
Thanks, John. It was not too hard. I have a couple of PS2s that I will have to convert to LEDs that will involve a little more work. I got the idea from the Dash 8 that you repaired for me. The ditch lights on that one really light up the track. I took the headlights out of that lousy bracket on both Dash 8s and put them in their housing. 10 times brighter and no light bleed in the cab. Now we can see down the tracks.
Very Nice work John. Big Difference!
Ron
I hope someone at M.T.H. sees this improvement and makes the change in assembly the next production run.
Andrew
Added some pictures.
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