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Check your track sections to ensure they form a closed loop. This loop can be in any shape and virtually any size, but all of the track sections must be properly connected. Make sure each track end is properly slotted into the ends of the adjoining section of track.
Attack track section clips between each section of track. These clips look like small black "I"s, and each end is inserted into the small notch underneath the end track tie of each track section. With these clips in place, spanning the distance between and holding each track section together, you can rest assured that your track and its electronic circuit will maintain its integrity.
Check the track power clips to a section of track. Slip one clip between two track ties and underneath a rail, and secure it into place by turning its set screw until it firmly rests against the track rail. Repeat with the last clip and the other rail.
Check the track wires connection to the transformer. If they are faulty, loosen the screw beneath the "positive" symbol of your transformer's DC power connection, and place the red wire from the power clips underneath the screw before tightening the screw with the screwdriver. Repeat with the black wire and the screw marked "negative."
Check the power requirements on the underside of your locomotive against the power supplied by your transformer (printed on the back of the transformer) to ensure you have enough power supplied to the tracks. If the power requirement of your locomotive exceeds the supplied power by the transformer, then you need a more powerful transformer.
Check to make sure that each of your locomotives rails are properly placed upon the rails before plugging in your transformer and driving your locomotive.