page_title: Pantograph (rail)
hierarchical_section_title: Pantograph (rail)
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo by KF, Vienna, Austria, January 2006.
context_page_description: A pantograph is a device that collects electric current from overhead lines for electric trains or trams. The term stems from the resemblance to pantograph devices for copying writing and drawings.
context_section_description: A pantograph is a device that collects electric current from overhead lines for electric trains or trams. The term stems from the resemblance to pantograph devices for copying writing and drawings.
caption: Pantographs easily adapt to various heights of the overhead wires by partly folding. The tram line pictured here ran in Vienna.
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