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Everything else will work as before.

All you are doing is electrically isolating your spur section of track from the rest of the track/layout by putting a non-conductive insulating pin in the center rail between two sections of track where you want the power to stop/start. That will keep the spur from being powered.

You will then run power to one side of a switch you will buy and then run a wire from the other side of the switch to the center rail of the track at the start of the spur where you want power to be restored. So with the switch off, the spur has no power and when you flip the switch, it now has power. The negative side of the track does not have to be touched at all.

You can mount the switch wherever you want.

For a finishing touch, you could use a lighted 12v switch which will light up when power is on to the spur, but you would have to solder in a diode or resistor to bring the voltage down that lights the switch, not the track. 

Last edited by Richie C.

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