overhead wires
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New York’s hurried electrification had filled its streets with overhead wires, uneven installation and high-voltage lines that could kill people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Network Rail said the new system "eradicates the failure mechanisms of the past by providing complete separation of bimetallic elements and using a copper contact wire which improves current collection" from overhead wires by trains.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
In those stories, there were no overhead wires to bury or water lines to move.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2025
Battery-powered trains would save rail operators the cost of installing overhead wires on unelectrified tracks, which are found throughout the UK.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2024
And presently Barrett perceived that he had merely reproduced in a cable, as far as possible, the conditions of the overhead wires, which are separated by nothing but air.
From The History of the Telephone by Herbert Newton Casson
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