I have only built the train so far, but 100% agree at the "magnificent" adjective.

Train needs a headlight, obviously.  Maybe the lanterns on the back of the enclosed passenger car, as well as the insignia on the back platform.

Just got mine couple days back and am I'm the process of building it! Am liking the details of the set.

Gonna be a busy end of year with Hogwarts and now the train.  The way the train station is lit at Disneyland  seems to be strip lighting.  Almost like white Christmas lights  all around the edges.  At night, later,  when the park is closed, they usually  only have the 'Christmas lights'  and the clocks lit to make a really neat silhouette.  All the  lamps, lanterns and typical lights are turned off.  Maybe it's possible to have a remote option for 'open' vs. 'closed'?  The smoke idea would be great.  Thank you so much!!

I put a pico in the headlight, and ran the wire back to the cab to a coin cell pack.  It looks very nice and the wire is barely visible.

I might extend the wire to the tender and put the battery in there, but for now I like it in the cab because it's super easy to get to the on/off switch.  I had to move engineer Mickey back to the blue&white car though.

I also bought some rechargeable 2032 batteries to try out.  Hopefully they work.

Rob - LMB came up with this cable.  https://www.lightmybricks.com/products/lego-powered-up-cable-power-functions-2-0.  Can you do something similar?  Its a pretty good solution?  Also, what is the timing for your kit?

Every time I tell myself thats, don’t buy more...  is there to take a kit and make it better. Definitely gonna follow this since both my hogwarts and cinderella castle are lit. Looking forward to seeing updates!

Chris Cooper yeah I feel the same way. I told my wife after the Disney castle and hogwarts I was done with legos. Now look at me creepin on this thread lol. 

I already showed her how cool the train was and she rolled her eyes lol.

Rob Klingberg that extra track that they sell on lego is the same kind in this set?

Michael Organiscak its the same track. I brought the extensions myself. I think that for a decent size loop, you should grab two extra sets of track, but that of course depends on your needs.  Im using it for a Christmas Tree if that helps

Is there a mailing list for this kit yet?

Rob Klingberg Yeah, I'm going to need to be on the list, too. 🙂

Please add me to the list if I’m not already on it. 

Rob Klingberg you know how I like to buy the lighting kits before even getting the sets so throw me on the email list too please! 

and add me to the list as well?

Some potential ideas: something to keep the train moving without a cellphone, and a speaker to make train noises on the actual train.

I switched the train motor to an old metal-wheel 9volt motor, and put a coin cell battery in the tender to power the locomotive headlight.  I used the sticky squares to put the board on the pivoting part of the main wheels, so the wire connector is easy to get to.

I also put a second coin cell pack in the last car, and lit the two lanterns on the rear of the train.  I should update that one to also light the 'drumhead'.

I found some rechargeable coin cells that I use for both packs.  They're good for about two hours and only take about a minute to swap.

Any way to possibly sync light sequence and effects to the castle lights? Could be a mini upgrade for the castle kit at the same time 😁 Once the train station light kit is ready I'm thinking of displaying them together sort of like a mini Magic Kingdom. Would be nice if aesthetics wise, the lights for both set are balanced.