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How to Attach a Lionel Trainmaster Base to Track

The Lionel Trainmaster base allows the train enthusiast to program its functions through a remote. This remote can start the train on a predetermined route, change its speeds, and make it stop at any point. The controls even switch tracks and sound the engine's whistle. The Trainmaster base has to literally be connected to the track.

Things You'll Need

Communication base power cord
Communication base
Power outlet
Lionel train wire

Instructions

- 1
  Plug the communication power cord into the power outlet. Plug the single power lead from the power cord into the communication base.
- 2
  Unscrew the metal cap of the binding post. The binding post is a small metal screw topped with a plastic cap. The binding post, which is next to the power cord on the command base, is designed to make connections quick and sure.
- 3
  Bend one end of the train wire into a hook shape. Hook the wire around the binding post. Screw the cap back on the binding post.
- 4
  Attach the other end of the wire to the binding post on the outside rail of the track.

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