shoe beam

A form of shoebeam — A beam of non-conductive material (usually fibreglass or wood), attached to a train bogey that supports the pickup shoe.

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Meanings

nounshoe beam (plural shoe beams)

plural shoe beams

  1. alternativeAlternative form of shoebeam.

    Note the rubber axlebox suspension and the positive rail collector shoe beneath the laminated wooden shoe beam.

    1960 February, “The first of London's new Piccadilly Line trains is delivered”, in Trains Illustrated, page 94, photo caption
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shoe beam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoe%20beam

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“shoe beam.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoe%20beam. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shoe beam,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoe%20beam.

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