The Third Rail is a U.S.-based online magazine concerning itself with rapid transit topics, including history and current events. It is currently published by The Composing Stack Inc. of New York City, a software and internet services company, and the title is a registered trademark of that company.
A thirdrail, also known as a live rail, electric rail or conductor rail, is a method of providing electric power to a railway locomotive or train, through...
TheThirdRail is a U.S.-based online magazine concerning itself with rapid transit topics, including history and current events. It is currently published...
locomotive is a locomotive powered by electricity from overhead lines, a thirdrail or on-board energy storage such as a battery or a supercapacitor. Locomotives...
Light rail transit (LRT) is a form of passenger urban rail transit characterized by a combination of tram and rapid transit features. While its rolling...
Emergency ThirdRail Power Trip is the debut album by American rock band Rain Parade, released in 1983. It is one of the most prominent records in the Paisley...
650/750 V DC third-rail or an on-board diesel engine to allow it to operate on non-electrified routes. This makes it very versatile, although the diesel engine...
the 750 V DC thirdrail system used in Southeast England and on Merseyrail. As of October 2023, 6,065 kilometres (3,769 mi) (38%) of the British rail...
overhead lines and contact shoe equipment for 750 V DC thirdrail supply. They were, additionally, the first units in Britain to employ multi-function automatic...
February 8, 2008, TWC launched a distributor called ThirdRail Releasing that released films aimed mainly at the home video market. On September 25, 2008, TWC...
and Lancashire. The trains have the ability to operate on thethirdrail-powered sections of the network, with some units carrying onboard batteries to allow...
Thirdrail railways predominantly operates in urban areas. Notable exceptions are (or were) mainline electrics of the former Southern Region of British...
Charles Roven and partner Bob Cavallo formed Roven/Cavallo Entertainment. At the same time, wife Dawn Steel, who was formerly employee of Columbia Pictures...
smaller cross-section to fit the smaller loading gauge in Britain, was originally capable of operating on the UK thirdrail network, and has extensive fireproofing...
Contact rail may refer to: Overhead conductor railThirdrail Fourth rail Conduit current collection Current collector Ground-level power supply Guide...
rail or rails in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rail or rails may refer to: Rail transport and related matters Railway track or railway lines, the running...
third-rail contact shoe of Chicago 'L' car The contact shoe of a NYC Subway car making contact with thethirdrailThird-rail contact shoe installed on the...
in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road transport....
ceilings, or a thirdrail mounted at track level and contacted by a sliding "pickup shoe". Both overhead wire and third-rail systems usually use the running...
Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting commuters to a central...
(called a streetcar or trolley in the United States and Canada) is a type of urban rail transit consisting of a rail vehicle, either individual railcars...