My Electrical Track Standard

George, That sounds like a good idea.  In fact, I use red and black bus colors as you described, but I have never considered having signals.  I mail ordered some pigtails like you have but ended up with white instead of red, so am using white for the feeders.    Black is always ground.

I wish GarGraves had pigtails in green.  That would have been my choice for the control / insulated rail color.

The little piece of track I'm using as my standard will remind what goes where when the time comes.  Once I've done this very small amount of track wiring, I expect I won't be doing this again for months.  More than enough time for me to forget the details.

George

By the way, EAST and WEST on the labels refer to room (or layout) orientation.

George

George, it is always good to organize the wiring and follow a standard. Those of us who are in S gauge and use Legacy have to make do with just 2 rails. The Legacy signal reception signal by the engine antenna is more reliable when the signal is on both rails. We do that by connecting a .1mfd 50V ceramic capacitor across the track power leads. It passes the Legacy signal but keeps the rails otherwise isolated. You could do the same with your control rail blocks if you find a need to improve the signal.