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Videos & Photos Videos Beginners Basic Training: How to install feeder wires

Basic Training: How to install feeder wires

By Angela Cotey | February 19, 2011

| Last updated on April 23, 2021

Hand adding feeder wire to piece of track

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Good electrical connections are key to a smooth running model railroad, and one way to help achieve this is with feeder wires. In this basic training video you’ll learn how to attach feeder wires to the rails of model railroad track.

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