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6.3K views 5 replies 4 participants last post by  markosjal  
BTW , for Bachmann EZ Track you may need to modify either a Piece of Bachmann track or Lionel Track or both, and connect them with rail joiners as the proprietary magnets on Lionel and the locking devices on Bachmann will not allow them to butt up to each other.
 
I have done much of this kind of thing connecting Life Like Power Loc track to other roadbed track. Its not difficult. In this image , this is power loc track which gets cut off one side gets glued to the other side to make a flat side to connect to with standard (or other roadbed) track. You need only clip the Mageneloc track as shown in the video.


On the MageLock track you will probably find that it does not sit as high as the Bachmann EZ Track and the other thing is that in the third image you see that the protrusions on MagenLock
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My modified PowerLoc Track connected to standard track above





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My modified PowerLoc Track above


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On the MagneLoc , to connect to other roadbed track you may need to cut out the end cap where the magnets and contacts are in addition to what you see in the video. Of course you may be able to cut out the end cap entirely

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The EZ Track also has protrusions

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EZ Track connects natively to standard track with no modification. This however assumes there is space below and to the sides of the track


Let me know how it works out!

Mark