Pantograph
A device fitted to the roof of an electric locomotive or EMU, which is sprung upwards to make electrical contact with overhead wires.
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Pantograph - A roof-mounted electric pickup device used by non-third rail pickup equipped electric locomotives, Interurbans, and trolleys.
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Pantograph
A collapsible and adjustable structure mounted on the roof of an electric locomotive or powered car which comes into contact with an overhead wire for picking up and transmitting electric power to the motors.
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Pantograph
Roof-mounted device on an electric car or locomotive that collects electric current from overhead catenary; can be raised or lowered.
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Pantograph
A current pickup device for electric locomotives and cars.
The movement of truck trailers on flatcars. Also called trailer-on-flatcar (TOFC).
Pantograph. A device located on top of electric engines which collects power from the overhead contact wire by means of a sliding contact shoe.
Parent track. A track from which a turnout is constructed.
Pantograph
The collapsible, adjustable, "floating" structure which provides electrical contact with overhead wires on an electric locomotive, so-called for its pivoting capability.
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A pantograph is a device that collects electric current from overhead lines for electric trains or trams. The term derives from the resemblance to pantograph devices for copying writing and drawings.
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Pantograph An apparatus used by all LRVs that provides direct contact with the contact wire of the OCS, while most trolleys use a trolley pole for this function.
Pantograph An electrical trolley carried on a collapsible and adjustable frame. Used on electrified locomotives and self-propelled cars for current pick-up from the catenary system.
In most cases, the pantograph control in Trainz operates an actual pantograph on a locomotive.
Catenary Overhead wire system on elecricfied railroads for suppling current to electric locomotives and self-propelled cars equipped with pantographs.
Pantograph Folding traction current collection device mounted on the roof of a vehicle on a railway employing an overhead supply system.
Pantograph: An arm to pick up current from overhead lines.[45]
Per diem: A fee paid by a rail company to the owner of a car (US) (wagon (UK)) for the time it spends on the company's property; ...
Locomotives were fitted with cage-like structures called pantographs. The roof-mounted pantographs contacted the catenary's live wire. A lesser variant of this was the single overhead wire connected by a cable on a pole with a pulley.
NJT #5223 has been outfitted with a pantograph and continues to serve work crews today. This rare piece of equipment is seen here entering the new extension off the old Franklin Avenue loop track. Photo by Josh Weis, September 27, 2000.
Contact Wire
That part of the overhead wiring in railway electrification to which the pantograph of the moving vehicle makes contact.
 See also: Locomotive, Track, Train, Engine, Car
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