You could walk on it as long as you don't have one foot on the ground and jump onto it (not recommended) haha

What's the deal with no covers? Does it require retrofitting the train?

It's on the inner side of track typically (far from the platform). The train has a shoe which pulls power from 3rd rail.

Red line and orange line are powered by 3rd rail. Blue is overhead and 3rd rail. Green is overhead.

About 1 ft tall, very noticeable if you look for it.

Yes I saw it. I just have no idea what it is and apparently nobody else here does either

For that price, expect issues, unless it’s a hand me down from someone you know. Watch out for “title jumping”, which is RAMPANT here. I don’t remember the last time I found a car in MA from Facebook that the sketchy dude selling it wasn’t title jumping.

Thank you lol. Well someone more educated than me in this should still find a better solution!

Paint is not a good conductor, so it will render the third rail useless.

I had a PiHole server for DNS at my house to remove adds but my wife complained that she liked Google adds when searching for stuff. Really should setup a different ssid for myself that uses the pihole.

They're around the north shore for sure.

🎵 Don’t whizz on the electric rail! 🎶

I bought a car on Craigslist like 5 years ago for $250. It was a very crappy Daewoo Lanos that this old guy was the original owner. He was selling it because it was his wife’s car and she passed away. Ran that thing somewhere between 6 months and a year before the brake lines completely went through. Would have cost me well over a grand to fix it so I sold it for scrap for $150. Best $100 I ever spent

Did you think all trains were unicycles or something?

I see them once in awhile in my backyard in the summer

Your loss 🤷

Cutting medicare

I’m still not peeing on a third rail.

There are actual legit apps for this. Reddit isn't one.

Mythbusters did it.

It’s so easy to miss and I’m not even 100% sure it’s the one I think it is lol. It also doesn’t seem to be the literal third rail depending on which way you’re looking at it? Idk. Why isn’t it painted red or with like lightning bolt symbols???

we dont have a monorail though, d'oh!

Subway trains get electric power from an electrified rail or line placed somewhere in the tunnel. Many trains get power from a third rail because they run inside short/small tunnels. Other trains get their electricity from an overhead power rail or power line because the tunnels are taller/larger.

The third rail is a rail that is usually built next to and higher than the two rails that support the train's wheels. The third rail will be on one side of the train but doesn't always stay on the same side of a train. Typically at stations, the third rail is farthest from the platform.

No matter if a train gets its power from a third rail or from an overhead wire, most subway train's get about 600 volt direct current electricity. Some subway lines have lower voltage power and others slightly higher. Because of this high voltage it is very dangerous. (For reference, car batteries are 12 volts, for example.)

Pretty sure the MythBusters debunked this one

Fun Fact: the third rail on the Boston systems (red, blue, orange) almost always don't have covers. This is not something that's a part of their design standards. On every other subway system I've done work for, they at least attempt to keep covers on the third rail.

As someone who's worked as a consultant/contractor for several different transit and rail agencies, MBTA's approach to ontrack safety is downright terrifying.

Excellent addition.

Or pee on it. Don’t pee on it either.