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Description: 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.
Title: Top contact pickup shoe
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Author: No machine-readable author provided. Spsmiler assumed (based on copyright claims).
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