RA 8800 G.W.R. BRASS CASED TRACK CIRCUIT REPEATER parts Including the numbers and border

Including the numbers and border five coats of paint have been applied

A medium sized drivers oil can in lovely ex loco condition

We don't know much about the origin of this headboard except it came from an estate sale where the late owner owned over 40 narrow gauge locomotives and had connections with full size steam

under the many layers of old paint can be seen red paint

this plate was mounted underneath the block bell in Slough West Signal Box

RA 8800 G.W.R. BRASS CASED TRACK CIRCUIT REPEATER parts Including the numbers and borderA Great Western Railway brass track circuit repeater manufactured exclusively by R. E. Thompson & Co, these fine instruments were introduced in the early 1920s and is example is from this period. The give away to these early examples is the vertical Nickle plated support bar which has a ruby jewel fitted to reduce friction and the hand painted face. These were superior instruments and lasted up to later 1960s when they were replaced with cheaper