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There are cases when the wheels of the cars can also cause a short when crossing the gap, especially if you're using metal wheels (though most don't cause a problem). It's really a problem if you have lighted passenger cars (or cabeese) that draw power from the track, since that's also a circuit that can cause a short. <br /> <br />If you'll never do either of the above, and use metal wheels that don't short out on the gap, you could get away with making the reversing section only long enough to hold your longest loco or loco consist. But, since there's no real penalty to making the reversing section as long as possible when using a DCC auto-reverser, might as well do it to avoid future problems.
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