post war engine led addition

train watch

Some questions that might provide direction...  What kind of effects are you going for?  Firebox glow, interior cab light, etc?  Is there room inside the boiler for the rectifier and resistors?

Inexpensive assortments of various sizes and colors can be found online, along with the other stuff you'll need.

One idea I have that's beyond my pay grade would be to make a flickering firebox - building the circuitry for flickering is beyond me, but I'm sure there are electronics gurus who can chime in.

For a flickering firebox, Even Designs has red, yellow and orange LEDs:

https://evandesigns.com/collec...type=Flickering+LEDs

For a headlight, they have AC-ready LEDs:

https://evandesigns.com/produc...=383438093&_ss=r

The 3mm and 5mm size headlights should work just fine

Scott

I put the flickering firebox in my 2055 using evans LEDs.  easy to install and looks great.  Cover the lights with cotton ball that is colored with black marker streaks so you don't see the bulbs.

Evans Designs was my suggestion as well. They have great products, all ready to go for AC power. Just read the descriptions carefully.

Here's the flickering kit that I used to make a burn barrel.

Wow !!! Cool. I want to do that . How do you create a fire plate door. What blinking led are you using?

@Bob is cool! posted:

Wow !!! Cool. I want to do that . How do you create a fire plate door. What blinking led are you using?

I used the Evans flickering lights made for campfires I suppose.

https://evandesigns.com/collec...type=Flickering+LEDs

I did not create a fire plate door.  It would not be visible on track.  The 2055 has a solid bulkhead in the cabin so I drilled a small hole to get the power leads into the e unit.  I literally mounted the 3 LEDs with glue after testing the best arrangement of lights.  Bare naked they didn't look good, so I took some cotton balls and streaked them with black marker, put them over the lights until I got the look I wanted.  Bulbs are not visible, darkened by the cotton, and flickering away.  I suppose its as if the boiler door is open.  Moving on the track with the tender you get a nice quick glance that livens the scene.

I also used these lights installed in a building with a smoke unit to make an "arsonist practice" area for the fire department.  Everyone loves that.

@Bob is cool! posted:

I'm interested adding engineer figures and cab led lights to my post war 675 and others with room in the cab engines. What size and kind of led should I get. Preferably prewired

My 671 with Christmas lights.

Really cool Love it