One suggestion.....

One thing I can think of.  On your switches...indicated what direction is normal and  what direction is reverse  That will let you (or any operators) know which direction the switch is thrown.

On my layout I have oriented switches to correspond with the switch physically. If you throw the switch up...the switch goes to the upper most track. If it is down...to the lower most track. 

Keep things simple to where users don’t have to study the switches much. They can just look...throw...and go. 

Thanks. I was planning on

Thanks. I was planning on wiring the switches so all are in the normal position when on the left and closed on the right. 

here is a photo of one of my

here is a photo of one of my panels. This may be a bit of overkill for you but the panel is a representation of one built by Union Switch and Signal. I produced a drawing of the panel using Adobe Illustrator and had it printed on a piece of aircraft aluminum by a sign company.

The push buttons with the two indicators are the turnouts. The switched with the three indicators are for the signal system. There are also occupancy and signal indications on the track diagram. Currently the signaling is not hooked up, I was trying to think ahead as to when I had signals on the layout .

As you can see by the photo I have patched the diagram due to a change in the trackage. This was done by printing the new diagram on label paper.

Cheers

Greg

Very nice! Thanks for

Very nice! Thanks for sharing. 

One suggestion

I’d orient the diagram so that it reflects the view of the trackage the operator sees.  In other words, if the diagram is planned for the location in your second picture, I’d rotate the drawing so it shows the yard on the bottom.

Thanks for the suggestion. 

Thanks for the suggestion.