Are train tracks electrocuted?

Standing upon (or making bodily-contact with) both wheel-rails of a railroad line simultaneously would almost-certainly not result in a life-threatening (nor even mild) electrical-shock of any sort (they are grounded and almost never carry any more than a few stray, harmless volts of electricity, if any).



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