Section insulator from the "big" railways in Melbourne.
Where they have space they run in a new wire and don't bridge across.
William

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From:tramsdownunder@... [mailto:tramsdownunder@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Matthew Geier
Sent: Friday, 11 January 2019 9:31 AM
To:tramsdownunder@...
Subject: Re: [TramsDownUnder] Pantograph Operation - Melbourne

On 11/1/19 7:57 am, David McLoughlin wrote:
> in Glenmore Street, Wellington, on the 3 Karori Park route. The

> electrically knowledgeable among us might be able to tell us how it works.

>

>

It's 'feature' appears to be easily replaceable segments and the 'arc chute' to pull the arc upwards and extinguish it.

I notice that the two bits were the arc would form are separate segments , joined with short link wires.

In the event a section needs to be isolated for works, the link wires would be disconnected by the crew setting up the exclusion zone making a large dead gap that the shoe wouldn't be able to bridge.

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