Section Insulators have been provided on cross-overs to
separate and insulate different sections of OHE from each other, e.g., the Up track from the Down track, the main line from the siding yard, OHE inside at loco maintenance shed from the yard lines. A section insulator, comprises of a strain insulator, with two runners connected to one of contact wires . The runners are at the same height as the contact with the other side, and also shaped so as to allow a smooth passage of the pantograph underneath. The two runners overlap with the contact wire on the other side for a short distance to ensure that there is no interruption of the current drawn by the locomotive as it passes under the section insulator.