contact shoe

A pair of contact shoes was used on underground current collection systems.

Contact shoes may also be used on overhead conductor rails.

The side running contact shoe is used against the guide bars on rubber-tired metros.

The contact shoe on a stud contact system is called a ski collector.

The collector arm pushes the contact shoe against the contact wire or rail.

As the vehicle moves, the contact shoe slides along the wire or rail to draw the electricity needed to run the vehicle's motor.

These trucks have contact shoes.

Two trucks are placed on kingpins near the ends of the A and C sections and don't have contact shoes.

These locomotives have contact shoes compatible with Metro-North's under-running third rail power distribution system.

The contact shoes are outfitted with a monitoring system in case of contact shoe breakage.

Heavily, he clumped across the room in the peculiar flat-footed gait of a spaceman accustomed to magnetic contact shoes.

Inside of the contact shoe, which is made of graphite, runs an air channel, which is overpressurised.

However, dewirements are relatively rare in modern systems with well-maintained overhead wires, hangers, fittings and "contact shoes".

As on the Class 7E, the locomotive's pantograph contact shoe centres are directly above the bogie pivot centres.

A vertical contact shoe is used on ground-level power supply systems, stud contact systems and fourth rail systems.

The pantograph is spring-loaded and pushes a contact shoe up against the underside of the contact wire to draw the current needed to run the train.

Dewirements sometimes occur, leaving the bus stranded without power, although this is relatively rare on systems with well-maintained overhead wire, hangers, fittings and "contact shoes".

The trains have metal contact blocks called shoes (or contact shoes or pickup shoes) which make contact with the conductor rail.

As the train moves, the contact shoe slides along the wire and can set up standing waves in the wires which break the contact and degrade current collection.

There are multiple spring-loaded contact shoes on both sides of the vehicle, which are loaded and unloaded automatically due to the slanted edges of third rail ends.

As the locomotive passed over the ramp, a sprung contact shoe beneath the locomotive was lifted and the battery current holding closed the brake valve was broken.

This vehicle used the late version nine-tooth sprocket ring, for use with the 'contact shoe' and 'connector link' style continuous track it shared with the Tiger II.

The "contact shoe" track link had two transverse ground contact bars to bear the weight of the vehicle, while the "connector" shoe had no contact with the ground.

DM30ACs have third rail contact shoes, permitting direct service from non-electrified lines in eastern Long Island via the western electrified main lines all the way to Penn Station.

To support these myriad methods, Westinghouse installed two sets of pantographs, one for AC and one for DC collection, and a contact shoe for third rail operation.