live rail

Example Sentences

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The victim, who narrowly missed touching the live rail, was helped off the tracks by a passerby who was awarded £1,000 by the judge at Inner London Crown Court.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024

Mr Potoczek narrowly missed touching the live rail, Inner London Crown Court heard.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2024

I’d rather dance with a live rail than return to that tortuous chapter of life.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2024

"I had a brief moment worrying where the live rail was, then I worried about trains coming, then I managed to scramble back up."

From BBC • May 13, 2022

On its way from the live rail to the return the current passes through the motors.

From How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Williams, Archibald