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I need a little help as i am new to this train game and would like a little assistance with the easiest way to wire the remote turnouts provided by Bachmanns E-Z track

I have set up an oval with an inner oval utilizing the same tracks but to access the shorter oval i have 2 remote turnouts. I have run the green wire from the remote turnout to the switch supplied (the easy part for me) but how do i get power run to the remote turnout to make them work to utilize the inner track?

any help is appreciated

Thank you
Just walked out to the garage and took a look at my EZ track turnouts to remember how it works. I bought them a couple years back when I was building a small display loop layout but eventually decided against using it due to the steel rail oxidizing faster than I could keep it clean. I hope you have better luck with it than I did, or are using the EZ track with Nickel Silver rail.

Anyway, the turnout I have has two sets of wires. The green wires come from beneath the base of the turnout itself and connect to the turnout control machine with the flat black connector by plugging into the 'top' of the machine, opposite the slider. The turnout should also have a set of red wires with a pair of spade connectors on one end and a flat black connector on the other. Attach the spade connectors to the AC terminal on your power pack. Plug the flat black connector into the left side of the turnout control, pushing it over the two flat metal prongs. Any additional turnout controls can be simply plugged into the first control in a row.

Using the wires supplied with the turnout and following any instructions on the package is almost always the simplest way to go. Hope this helps!

Here is a video from somebody in Buenos Aires that should explain it well if my description does not.

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Galen