current collector of trains running on tracks electrified with third rail (or rarely fourth rail) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A contact shoe is a metal piece that is connected to a bogie that makes contact with the 3rd rail delivering electricity to the source requiring electricity in turn completing the circuit.
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