Its a separate rail (metal bar) that carries the voltage to power some trains.
In the UK the third rail is 750v DC 400amps the Overhead Live Electrical is 25000v AC
Emergency Third Rail Power Trip was created in 1983-02.
The Third Rail - 2001 was released on: USA: 25 February 2001 (ICG Awards)
The cast of The Third Rail - 2001 includes: Joe Dempsey as Joe Rich Hutchman as Dickie Heidi Mokrycki as April
you will die of extreme electric shock because its an electric rail!
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If you are in contact with the ground then yes, you would be.
750volts DC
Most use a "third" (or power) rail.
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Yes, the third rail powers the subway trains (in New York City, at least). The voltage is so high that if you fell and hit your head on it, you would be permanently a virtual vegetable. I heard it can literally blow your hands and feet off.
The trains are powered by electric motors. Electricity is provided to the trains via the third rail, an electrified rail which runs along the tracks parallell to the "running rails" (which actually guide the train) and the trains have runners which transmit the electricity to their motors inside. Whereas mainline railways tend to have one third rail, the London Underground actually has two.