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The Bessbrook and Newry tramway in Ireland (1880s or so until the 1940s) had 3rd rail (central) power, except where it crossed a road junction at an oblique angle. This was far longer than the tramcars, so they had bow- collector pickup just for this stretch.
The Southern Railway also had some 3rd rail locos which had pantograph pickups for use in goods sidings, where it would obviously be undesirable to use 3rd rail where shunters were manually coupling wagons using a pole.
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