third rail (New York City area)

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The third rail in the New York City area is a side-contact electrified rail system used to supply power to commuter and intercity trains, notably on routes such as those of the Amtrak Empire Corridor and regional transit lines.

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AI-generated illustration of third rail (New York City area)

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of third rail (New York City area) (The third rail in the New York City area is a side-contact electrified rail system used to supply power to commuter and intercity trains, notably on routes such as those of the Amtrak Empire Corridor and regional transit lines.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf railway electrification infrastructure ⓘ
third rail electrification system ⓘ
connectedTo traction power substations ⓘ
contactType side-contact third rail ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
designedFor urban and suburban rail operations ⓘ
electrificationMethod third rail DC electrification ⓘ
enables electric multiple-unit operation ⓘ
locomotive-hauled electric operation where equipped ⓘ
energySource electric power from substations ⓘ
function provide continuous electrical power along track ⓘ
hazard high-voltage electric shock risk ⓘ
infrastructureOwner various regional rail operators ⓘ
locatedIn New York City metropolitan area ⓘ
mountingPosition side of running rail ⓘ
partOf trackside power distribution system ⓘ
powerCollectionMethod contact shoes on rolling stock ⓘ
railwaySystem New York regional commuter rail network ⓘ
Northeast Corridor regional network ⓘ
linked to: Northeast Corridor
replaces onboard fuel-based traction power ⓘ
requires insulated trackside supports ⓘ
safetyFeature protective cover over live rail in many locations ⓘ
usedBy Amtrak Empire Corridor ⓘ
Long Island Rail Road ⓘ
Metro-North Railroad ⓘ
New York City Subway ⓘ
usedFor electric power supply to trains ⓘ
usedOn commuter rail lines ⓘ
intercity rail lines ⓘ
rapid transit lines ⓘ
terminal approach tracks in New York City ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amtrak Empire Corridor → electrification → third rail (New York City area) ⓘ
Market Street subway → electrification → third rail (BART) ⓘ
linked to: third rail (New York City area)
Long Island Rail Road Rockaway Beach Branch right-of-way → electrification → third rail (historical, LIRR) ⓘ
linked to: third rail (New York City area)
New Rochelle station → electrification → third rail (Metro-North) ⓘ
linked to: third rail (New York City area)
Polezhayevskaya → electrificationSystem → third rail ⓘ
linked to: third rail (New York City area)
Spuyten Duyvil junction → electrification → third rail (Metro-North Hudson Line) ⓘ
linked to: third rail (New York City area)