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@j2morris posted:

Are you talking about the outside 3rd rail pick-ups?  IF so you can clearly see them in a pre-war Scale-Craft catalog.

Yes that's it. I had never seen that before. I found an old post by Carey that contained an illustration of that style pick up:

I also found some online photos of O-scale outer 3rd rail layouts. That takes a bit of dedication.  Very cool, thanks.