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Powering LED Lights for Passenger Coaches

Schalk models N scale and asks readers:

“I want to install LED lights in my N Scale (DC) passenger coaches (Atlas, Bachmann, Model Power, etc.) without using power from the tracks. I want the lights to remain on when a train is stationary (waiting for signals, standing in a station). Is there an easy way to install LED’s with their own power source in passenger cars, and most importantly how can they be switched off? Thanks.”

2 Responses to Powering LED Lights for Passenger Coaches

  • Roy Bloomfield says:

    Try Train Tech lights for carriages. They come on as soon as it detects movement and if stationary for 4 minutes or more they turn off. They run on a battery and are easy to install

    Roy

  • Jonathan says:

    If you go to an IKEA and go to the lighting section you will find battery powered led single bulb lights. the are single bulbs with a fare gap between each one so you can run it through all your carriages

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