Track circuit repeater

Black Bakelite track circuit repeater. Located on model railway layout, gauge 1, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School, built 1912, by L&YR.

The repeater indicates the location of a train at a specified (track circuited) section. A low electrical current passed through the rails is short-circuited by the train’s wheels, thus trigering the repeaters indication to change from 'track clear' to 'track occupied'.