Reed switch and relay question

With Ross switches and Caboose Industries ground throws, I use micro switches.  These are a single-pole, double-throw relay.  It has 3 terminals to connect wires: common, normally closed and normally open.

Here are a dozen for about $7.

https://www.amazon.com/MXRS-Hi...ifQ%3D%3D&sr=8-2

Here is one of them on my layout.  A piece of cork shims it so that the lever lines up with the throw bar.  With this switch set for "straight", the common (bottom terminal) is connected to the normally closed terminal.

When the switch is thrown to "diverging", the lever is pressed and the common terminal is connected to the normally open terminal on the micro switch.

You can also mount these so that the ground throw moves the lever directly.  Note that I had to bend the lever so that the ground throw would hit it.

I like Bob's microswitch better than fooling around with reed switches and magnets.  Also, the microswitch will carry a lot more current and is a SPDT switch so you can have red/green with one always lit if you like.

FWIW, we did a very similar thing to Bob's rig at Harry's place on our modular club layout.