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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Scott Arthur writes:
> In lugnet.events.brickfest, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > This incorrectly named and spelled piece ("Train catenary holder" but I
> > can't remember the exact incorrect spelling used)
>
> Strange name in my view as I see it as a electrical conductor rather than a
> holder on anything? The "Catenary" does make sense however - It is the
> shape of a curve which hanging cables form - well at least it is the shape
> of suspension bridge cables (often confused with the plain old parabola).
>
> Scott A
The wire that this part contacts (in real life) is indeed catenary, but the
proper name for the part, were it named functionally, (and that's a debating
point in and of itself) is "pantograph shoe" because that's what its real
counterpart is named. This part does not "hold" anything.
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