I have a standard full length piece of Hornby Dublo 3 rail track, which has the two screw power terminals (+ & -) fitted.
On the underside of the track is an electronic plate which is connected to one of the power terminals at one end of the plate and connected to one of the outside rails from the other end of the plate. The plate is a darkish yellow with the following alpha numerics printed on, all in Upper case.
9C1SMP
TCC
4700PF + 20% (The plus and minus are printed one above the other)
Imediiately above the capital letters 'PF' in much smaller print are the letters ZO, it is possible, that they are meant to be read sideways, in which case, the Z becomes an N followed by O.
The whole plate and wiring is covered by a hard stiff silicon plate of the type used for circuit boards, and very tightly wedged, between the two down sides of the supporting base plate holding the track.
Obviously it is a power rail from the Controller, but I have numerous power rails on my railway circuits, but not one has this component.
I have never seen it in any Hornby train/product catalogue from the 1940's, 50's or 60's, nor in any Toyshop selling Hornby during this era.
Can anyone help as to what this component is for, what it does and / or how this piece of rail track is intended to be used?
On the underside of the track is an electronic plate which is connected to one of the power terminals at one end of the plate and connected to one of the outside rails from the other end of the plate. The plate is a darkish yellow with the following alpha numerics printed on, all in Upper case.
9C1SMP
TCC
4700PF + 20% (The plus and minus are printed one above the other)
Imediiately above the capital letters 'PF' in much smaller print are the letters ZO, it is possible, that they are meant to be read sideways, in which case, the Z becomes an N followed by O.
The whole plate and wiring is covered by a hard stiff silicon plate of the type used for circuit boards, and very tightly wedged, between the two down sides of the supporting base plate holding the track.
Obviously it is a power rail from the Controller, but I have numerous power rails on my railway circuits, but not one has this component.
I have never seen it in any Hornby train/product catalogue from the 1940's, 50's or 60's, nor in any Toyshop selling Hornby during this era.
Can anyone help as to what this component is for, what it does and / or how this piece of rail track is intended to be used?