shoegear - What does it mean?

Noun

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(rail transport) train equipment, usually mounted on bogies, used to transfer electric current from the third rail.

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|year=1995 |year_published= |author=Colin J. Kirkland |title=Engineering the Channel Tunnel |chapter=Locomotives |volume= |volume_plain= |section= citation |isbn=9780419179207 |page=190 |passage=In the third case, the need to provide retractable shoegear on the power bogies to pick up current from teh third rail, and teh equipment to use low-voltage supply, has complicated the design of the Eurostar trains.}}

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|year=2003 |year_published=2004 |author=P. Hinde and J. Thompson |title=International Conference on New Trains: 4-5 June 2003 at Le Meridien, York, UK |chapter=Commissioning |volume=2003 IMechE conference transactions |volume_plain= |section=The train operator's view of new train introduction citation |isbn=9781860584336 |page=51 |passage=Here shoegear and stepboards are refitted prior to a commissioning run conducted by the manufacturer which includes high speed and emergency brake tests.}}

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|year=2006 |year_published= |author=Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environmental Audit Committee |quotee=DJ Hartland |title=Reducing carbon emissions from transport: Oral and written evidence |chapter= |volume= |volume_plain= |section=London Underground Power Supplies. Electric Current Flow in Conductor Rails. Savings in Energy with Low Loss Rail citation |isbn=9780215030429 |page=286 |passage=The trains run on two addtional rails and pick up current by means of shoegear making sliding contact with the conductor rails.}}