overhead line

In fact, it has only been used when overhead lines are impossible.

A further advantage is they require less right of way than overhead lines for the same reason.

At some facilities, power is also fed to the overhead line.

However, the track and overhead lines past the station were destroyed.

Upgrading the overhead lines is expected to take 10 to 15 years.

In this article the generic term overhead line is used.

I spotted Roger, with his back to us, working on an overhead line.

Electrification of the line with overhead lines began in the late 1950s.

So there was nothing to see but the overhead line hanging motionless in space.

The work of installing the overhead line was nearing an end.

In the northern part of the line, the more common overhead line system is used.

The remaining tracks were removed in 2008 along with the overhead line equipment.

If local conditions are appropriate, an overhead line can be implemented by way of a valley bridge.

Parallel electrical operations continued until 1955, when the overhead line was removed.

The derailment also brought down the overhead line equipment which had to be replaced.

Overhead lines supply electricity to the vast majority of light rail systems.

You must have consent to construct a generating station and to put up overhead lines.

In 1905 it was changed to standard gauge, and the overhead line became unipolar.

After the line was complete, several overhead lines in former eastern Berlin were dismantled.

However, they require high capital investments both for the overhead lines and the supporting infrastructure.

When overhead line systems were first conceived, good current collection was possible only at low speeds, using a single wire.

The first trams powered by overhead lines entered service in 1904.

The current that is produced is conducted back to the overhead lines.

Overhead lines and structures may shed ice, creating a hazard.

Initially horse-drawn, they developed to use electric power from an overhead line.