DCS213, I've been upgrading passenger cars and cabooses with GRJs LED lighting module and 5 meter rolls of Warm White LED strip lights from eBay. They are about $5 as GRJ said. Probably would do 16 cars at 18 LEDs per car. You can get the modules directly from him. Then all you need is a little wire and some soldering.
My passenger cars had two mini Christmas tree lights in them. They drew about 220 mAs. I put 15 to 18 LED strips in my passenger cars, could have used 12 just as easily. After the upgrade the cars drew about 50 mAs.
A caboose I upgraded had two small globe bulbs in it. It drew 310 mAs. I used 9 LEDs in that. I measured 30mAs after the upgrade.
Quite a savings in Amps, better lighting, and no flicker.
Hope that helps.
Ward