Re: extra Rails?

["Ronald BESDANSKY" <ronbest@bigpond.com>]

<jshugg@westpac.com.au> wrote in message 958snp$2s6$1@nnrp1.deja.com">news:958snp$2s6$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
> In article <3a77306d@news1.idx.com.au>,
>   "FH Eden" <feden@zipworld.com.au> wrote:
>

> Snip.........
> Here in the UK, London Underground uses them extensively, because of
> the twists and turns required to follow the streets above. This creates
> quite a mess of rails: 2 running rails, 2 conductor rails, and 1 or 2
> check rails, all multiplied by 2 because it's double track.
>
Which is why there's a sign at the end of every platform - "Warning to
staff - do not step on ANY rail" (my emphasis)!

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