📚 noun • entry_id 34022
third rail
Meanings (ES + gloss)
riel electrificado • tercer riel
The electrified rail that runs beside or between train tracks to power electric trains.
The locomotive third-rail pick up shoes are of the new standard S.R. type. [...] Whenever the locomotive was working hard there was unmistakable evidence of its higher power than i…
The system voltage is 630 volts d.c. and the supply to the trains is by top-contact third rail with running rail return.
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