overhead wires
Example Sentences
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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
The new line will replace Metro Route 70 and will be the first RapidRide route to operate as a trolley bus, drawing electricity from overhead wires.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 2024
Weather damage to overhead wires led to the disruption of Avanti West Coast trains between Euston and Scotland.
From BBC • Dec. 21, 2023
There were stacks of music-sheets on counters, and shelves, and dangling from overhead wires.
From Cheerful—By Request by Ferber, Edna
