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Catenary Poles

My design for single-track wood catenary poles. The top bar holds the support wire and the lower one holds the contact wire. True catenary zig-zags slightly (so that the pantographs are worn more evenly) so the lower arms alternate using 3 and 4 stud-long bars.

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Uploaded on April 13, 2015
Taken on April 12, 2015