[BC] Near death experience

[Mike McCarthy]

Factually accurate.  They use 600 VDC.

MM

At 12:37 PM 3/11/2009 -0500, Alan Kline wrote
>There was a scene with Gregory Hines and Billy Crystal in "Running Scared" 
>where they were driving a car on the Chicago elevated train tracks. IIRC, 
>Billy tells Gregory to be careful not to touch the third rail with the 
>car, because of the 600 volts.
>
>Hines answers, "It's not the volts that'll kill you, it's the amps."
>
>"How many amps are there?"
>
>"Enough to push a train..."
>
>ak