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Certainly.

1.) First the 6-12194.  This is used to connect your power source to the TPC.  6-12194 comes with all four items pictured.  You'll only need the middle harness.  You'll use both connectors (and two 135 W max power sources) if you have a TPC 400, or only one of them (and one 135 W max power source) if you have the TPC 300 (6-14189).  Another option for the TPC 400 is to use only one connector with a 180 W max power source.

The wire ends are connected to the appropriate screw terminals on the TPC (see, (2) below).

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2.) This diagram is from the user's manual for the TPC 300 (71-4189-250, 4/04):

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You can see that the 6-14192 cable is used in addition to the 6-12194.  Be careful.  You'll notice that the Lionel part numbers for the two cables are remarkably similar.

By the way, if you use a LEGACY Powermaster (180, which is No. 6-37146, or 360, which is No. 6-82883) instead of a TPC you won't need the 6-14192 Serial Cable because the serial TMCC data is received by the LEGACY Powermaster via radio instead of through wires.  The LEGACY Powermaster 180 is a more modern version of the TPC 300, and the LEGACY Powermaster 360 is a more modern version of the TPC 400.

(Thanks to @CAPPilot for the first photo above, from https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...0#152618248462599970.)

Mike

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