Meaning of conductor rail | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Synonym of live rail.
2. Synonym of third rail.

Equivalents

Examples

“As on Nos. 20001-3, the motor and generator armature shafts of the new locomotive each carry⟳ a heavy flywheel to provide⟳ kinetic energy and help⟳ maintain⟳ the speed⟳ of the motor-generator set⟳ during interruptions of supply⟳, as at breaks in the continuity of the conductor rail.”

“On the morning of Thursday, November 3, flood⟳ water rose over the conductor rails in platforms 1 to 3 of Lewes station and the electric service to London had to be shut⟳ down.”

“"Keep⟳ off Conductor Rails" said red-painted notices at the platform ends, for third-rails were laid in many places even where electric trains never normally ran, and there had been many rumours of impending electrification of the Wirral, as a natural extension of the Mersey system, a quarter of a century before the change⟳ was actually made.”

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