Waiting during switching

[faraway]

I think the issue is not the actual amount time we modelers are waiting, it is the fact not to align all the switches all over the layout from our central control panel in advance and ran with the engine all the way in one pass if the switches are manual operated. The model operations becomes a great deal more realistic if only switches are aligned that are in immediate walking distance of the cut and the cut is fully stopped while doing so.
That might be very obvious to most US model railroaders because you have a long tradition to do joined operating sessions with switchman, engineers, dispatchers etc. That enforces a more prototypical operation and newcomers learn from the older members.