I bought a lionel North Pole Series HO scale Berkshire passenger train set and everything works but the rear car. All of them power up and run but the momment you put the last car on the track it shuts everything down. What do i need to do?

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Answer a number of questions:
Is the tranformer power adequate for the train and is it a working tranformer?
Will the train run by connecting the wires directly to the two points of the train (wheels and center rail connector)?
Are the tracks new?
Is the lockon new?

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I HAVE STRAIGHT TRACK AND NEED CURVED TRACK, MAYBE WE CAN TRADE?

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I had the same dilema and trains are not new to me. Look under the piece of straight track that has a notch in it for the wiring. There will be a clip to hold the wire and a piece of plactic that looks like a block. One either side of that is a metal tab that one end of the wiring slides over. Actually each piece of the Fastrack has one of these. Only one has a notch but you can notch any one.
MHC

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If you can pull the roof off of Thomas there is an on/off switch within the cab. I don't know if you tried that at all..just a thought..