What is Bow collector?
[[Image:Train Oberbozen.jpg|thumb|right|An old tram with a bow collector built in 1907 still running in [[Bolzano]], [[Province of Bolzano-Bozen|Bolzano-Bozen]], [[Italy]]]] A '''bow collector''' is one of the three main devices used on [[tram]]cars to transfer [[electric current]] from the [[overhead lines]] above to the tram below. While once very common in continental [[Europe]], it has now been largely replaced by the [[Pantograph (rail)|pantograph]]. ==Related pages== * [[Pantograph (rail)|Pantograph]] * [[Trolley pole]] * [[Third rail]] {{tech-stub}} [[Category:Rail technologies]] [[Category:Tram technology]]