"We have a small layout in the city about 2-1/2 miles northwest of Wrigley Field. In the past year urban renewal has come to our layout and all of the Pola buildings were replaced with seven buildings that Cindy made from Jigstone."  

  Lighting in this compact layout's buildings is accomplished in a very unique fashion. Joe & Cindy disassembled several small outdoor night lights, the type that have a small solar panel on top and a high intensity LED inside. The solar panels were then installed on the roofs of the buildings and the LEDs and battery packs were placed inside. During the daylight hours the sun charges the batteries and at night the LEDs come on to illuminate the interiors. No external wiring and they should last a long while.  

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