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With surface contact third (and fourth) rail systems a heavy "shoe" which is suspended from a wooden beam attached to the bogies (wheel units) collects power by sliding over the top surface of the electric rails. This view shows a class 313 train which operates on Silverlink and WAGN routes primarily to the north and west of London.

Photograph taken by SPSmiler.
Date 16 October 2005 (original upload date)
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Author No machine-readable author provided. Spsmiler assumed (based on copyright claims).

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current22:05, 16 October 2005Thumbnail for version as of 22:05, 16 October 2005800 × 570 (121 KB)SpsmilerWith surface contact third (and fourth) rail systems a heavy "shoe" which is suspended from a wooden beam attached to the bogies (wheel units) collects power by sliding over the top surface of the electric rails. This view shows a class 313 train which o
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