What is the device on top of a tram called that allows the electricity to travel down to the motor?

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"Pantograph" is the correct term for most electric trains that have a sizeable power collection structure.

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Some trolley/tram units have a single "pole" with a contact at the end, in which case it would be a "trolley" or "trolley pole".

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I hardly ever see cabooses anymore, what gives?

It is called the pantograph.

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I've heard it called a pantograph (for the mechanical device used by artists to copy drawings,) and also a trapeze... Depends on which country you are in.

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DO you have a card that you can load money on and use to pay for train fares in your country?

pantograph

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Have you ever puposely bought a house close to railroad tracks?

it;s called a pantograph

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