A related issue re circuit breakers and diodes. I was doing some stuff to my layout today and noticed that my fastrack operating track (uncouple/unload) wasn't behaving well. I isolated it and still had problems. Turning it over and looking at the wiring, one of the wires going to the uncoupler had melted. I did have a short a month ago (again, all postwar stuff, nothing modern). At the time I did not have diodes installed or a circuit breaker. I imagine a circuit breaker could have prevented that, right? Or, should I put a diode somewhere (instead or in addition) on the operating track wiring (a specific 'X marks the spot' would help a lot)?
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