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I am a total beginner to this. Last year when I turned 65, my children gave me a NYC Fastrack set. I had Lionel trains as a kid and remember them well. I bought a copy of "How to build your first Lionel layout" by Stan Trzoniec. I was able to build the benchwork with some minor difficulties. I started to read the section about wiring and am confused. Trzoniec is working with o guage, way before Fastrack was conceived. I had several questions about block wiring. 1. When he uses lockons, I am assuming I would substitute Lionel fastrack terminal tracks and I also assume that any track can be a terminal track. 2. I get confused about insulated tracks. He substitutes a pin in his track and that makes it a non-conductor and isolates the block. How do you do that with fastrack. Do you just use one of their isolated tracks? I thought they were only used to activate on/off accessories. 3. I have read alot about wiring and it is still a mystery to me. Does anyone know of a simple reference using Fastrack. I suppose I am not in a hurry as Lionel has not released the remote switches nor the accessory activator track yet. I appreciate any advise or comments.
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