Meaning of shoegear | Babel Free

Definitions

train equipment, usually mounted on bogies, used to transfer electric current from the third rail.

uncountable

Examples

“Features such as trackless doors, mercury-type door interlocks, roof-mounted door fault indicator lights, rubber window glazing, improved retractable shoegear and a modified electro-pneumatic brake system designed to facilitate maintenance and improve⟳ reliability, which have⟳ proved their worth on the prototype trains, are continued in the new stock⟳.”

“In the third case, the need⟳ to provide⟳ retractable shoegear on the power bogies to pick⟳ up current from the third rail, and the equipment to use⟳ low-voltage supply⟳, has complicated the design⟳ of the Eurostar trains.”

“Here shoegear and stepboards are refitted prior to a commissioning run⟳ conducted by the manufacturer which includes high speed⟳ and emergency brake tests.”

“The trains run⟳ on two additional rails and pick⟳ up current by means of shoegear making sliding contact⟳ with the conductor rails.”

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