Although I mainly use pushbuttons and accessory decoders to control my Tortoise switch machines I do have a couple of control panels with AC power and toggle switches. This obviously is a much simpler and cheaper methods for Tortoise control and will work on DC as well as DCC powered layouts. So let's take a look at just how I do this.

Parts List
All Electronics part numbers shown (www.allelectronics.com)
Clip leads #MTL-10
Diodes #1N4001
SPDT switch #MTS-4]
Red LED #LED-1
Green LED #LED-2
For a power supply just use the AC contacts on an old power pack.