How Should I Break This Layout Into Blocks And Wire It

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Attached is my 8' x 20' fastrack layout. I will power it with two 180w Lionel bricks and two Legacy PowerMasters. Can anyone suggest how I would break this plan into blocks and how I might wire them to the two powermasters. I will run all TMCC engines (bought for my grandsons) most of the time. However, I would like to run conventional as well (my kids old trains). I haven't had a layout since my kids were young and it was, of course all conventional, so I'm trying to learn before I lay track. I have command control switches, but I might like to wire them as well. I need to park trains on the long sidings and on the left is a yard area, on the right will be the engine service area. I'm not sure how to break the reverse loops into blocks as well as the crossover. The table is built and I'm ready to lay track. Any advice would be appreciated.

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