ABC,
I'm not completely following the response. Not sure how it relates to my situation.
Might be that we are thinking about 2 different things.  Or could be that I don't have much experience with tracks yet.

I basically want to create a small track layout.  Using the standard oval track, I want to insert a few turnouts into it to make the 8 track inside it.  I know this is no big issue.

The part that I'm not sure about is, how to make the turnouts switch.  I can control it manually, but I wanted to know if there is any way to have them switch automatically.

For example, when I power up the track, the train would run the oval track first.
While running the oval track, it would come across the first turnout (RH turnout), at this turnout I want the turnout to switch to the right hand track so that the next time the train reaches that turnout, it will take the right hand track into the figure 8 track.

This is what I meant by toggle.  From reading the responses, it sounds like the advice was to have the train go in reverse.

I'm not sure if there is some type of optical sensor, or some automated way of switching tracks on a turnout.

Daylight4449,
Can you explain what a short is a bit more? I'm a total newbie to this.
The turnouts I was considering are Remote Turnout Left (44461) and Remote Turnout Right (44462).

The train is HO scale 0-6-0.

Not sure how what a short is or where I would get it.
If you're refering to an electrical short with DCC....I'm not using DCC.
Just a plain standard HO track. I'm expanding the HO scale Yuletide Special train set. 

Right now I have a basic oval shaped track layout.
I wanted to keep the basic layout, but add a little more complexity to the track layout.

What I was thinking of doing was adding 2 RH turnouts and 2 LH turnouts, and a 90 degree crossover.  End result would be a 8 track, inside the oval track.
Atleast, thats what I have in mind.

The question I had was.  When I add the turnouts, is there anyway, for the turnouts to toggle tracks each time the train passes?

In other words, I want to have the ability to power up the track, and not have to manually adjust the turnouts.  If I can get each turnout to toggle once the train passes through, then train would have several track layouts to follow.

Any help would be appreciated.