Centre conductor

The third current-carrying conductor in the middle of the track on three-rail, from which the locomotive's pickup shoe draws current. On Märklin C and K track it consists of stud contacts between the sleepers.

Dutch

middengeleider

German

Mittelleiter

Articles using this term

• Rail joiners and joints: current and alignment
• DC and AC: two-rail and three-rail explained
• Mixing Märklin and two-rail: why it does not work
• Sidings and buffer stops: why and where
• Train runs jerkily: dirty track or wheels
• Passing loop: how two trains pass each other
• Double oval: two trains at once
• Locomotive stalls on the frog
• Give your old box of track a second life
• The reversing loop: how it works and how to avoid a short circuit
• Märklin C track or Märklin K track: the differences side by side

See also

• Three-rail
• Pickup shoe
• Stud contacts