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In the yard, you can get shut-off capability without extra wiring by using power-routing turnouts (such as Peco, whose small-radius turnout is great for yards), so that the only track that's powered is the one the turnouts are lined for. Did this on my staging yards and it works perfectly. To know which track is powered at any given moment, you could put an illuminated end-of-track bumper such as Atlas on each body track (I know, they look pretty bad, but in staging yards, at least, who cares?). <br /> <br />Hope this helps.
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