HI Kevin,
that plan of layout looks good, have you not considered incorparating a "link line" between the 2 inner & 2 outer lines this could be maybe situated on the R.H. side of you plan , with a little "civil engineering" & not a huge expense, a single line, isolated, but linked to a DPDT Switch wired for sharing directional power from 2 controllers , or 3 or 4 pole DT switch wired as to temparary isolate nearby track sections on required diamond crossovers & additional points. Although you could, in many instances isolate sections using the peco twin micro switch,or similar, as i have done
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sorry , im assuming layout is analogue dc ? I think wire-ing methods are different to digital command control as I havent a clue of DCC methods.
Edit: add on;
Just noticed
, reading closely in your text, You've an 8 road fiddle yard
i do suppose you could have both , depending on suitability of left side of plan.
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