For those that saw in my comment about the New Haven testing out electrification using an exposed 3rd rail, here's proof http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/3RAIL.Html
and http://www.bera.org/articles/nh3rail.html
The church I work at abuts the old main line. As far as rails go, everything is long gone (the branch was pulled up after abandonment in the 1930s), but there are some clearings here and there.
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So it appears the line that was near my church did NOT have the third rail, some of the articles on line are confusing, but the Weymouth to Braintree stretch did
it is nice the rails still exist and someone knew what they were.
Interesting, especially with that lady waving at the passing cars with that third
rail in the countryside, where I would think people would have managed to light
themselves up (or why else would they have taken precautions in stations?). These
cars, with triple running boards (like double running boards on a 1910 Olds Limited
with 42 inch wheels), look to have sat much higher than the usual interurban. Also
leads me to wonder about today's subways, where people manage to fall between the
rails and even survive getting run over (not commonly!). I thought that was an
electocution hazard, and, if not, why not?
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