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I make a small bracket that straddles the worm gear on top of the truck on each end of the loco. I use small channel shaped styreen plastic glued to the frame on each side of the gearbox with a strip of the same channel across the top. I then use some double sided tape to mount the decoder to this and another piece of the double side tape to mount the light over it. I mount the decoder about center of the brace with the light hanging over the edge of the decoder. On the other end the light is mounted directly to the brace with the tape. You can build up the lights height with pieces of tape stacked to the correct height. This setup lets you take off the shell without moving the lights and wiring. You get the lights set where you want and secure the wires with tape or small zip ties. On some longer units like the SD-40T I make two braces for the decoder to rest on, but I haven't had trouble with the single brace on my shorter units. I hope this helps.
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