Installation - Series Motor / Track connections Main Power / Motor Connections Motor Brushes 1 Red 2 Brown Help for Lionel series motors. These pictures show where the grounded field wire needs to be broken from the chassis for the motor power. Picture is early Lionel. It is always better to add a ground wire to both outside rail pickups and the chassis. When more than one center roller is available always connect to both, also secure the center pin from rotating with the roller. Colors indicated are those that match the E-Unit and LocoMaticTM Board main connector and not the locomotives existing wires. 1 2 3 ......Blue 4......Black Track Power Input (3 rail ........ center roller pickup) (2 rail ....... right rail pickup) (3 rail ........ chassis pickup) (2 rail .........left rail pickup) 3 4 5 6 Field - Yellow Motor Field Wires 5 ..... Yellow 6 ......Orange If the engine does not have a chassis (outside rail) pickup from each truck you should add one to prevent intermittent track pickup from occuring. Adding multiple center rail pickups will also help. Field - Orange (previously connected to the chassis pickup ground lug above) Brush - Red Brush - Brown Help for Am Flyer series motors. This picture shows where the wires are normally terminated. Colors indicated are those that match the E-Unit and LocoMaticTM board connector and not the locomotives existing wires. Original type series motors. Newer type series motors. Make sure the ground / chassis plates do not touch the brush motor tabs. Field1 - connect to Orange (6) Field2 - connect to Yellow (5) Field1 - connect to Orange (6) Field2 - connect to Yellow (5) ground / chassis plates Brush1 - connect to Red (1) Brush2 - connect to Brown (2) Brush1 - connect to Red (1) Brush2 - connect to Brown (2) ...