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Do trains get hit by lighting if so what happens
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Jen, Lighting protection is only as good as the earth ground you send it to. Trains have very poor earth grounds so lighting rods will not help. Railroad tracks have very poor earth ground for they sit on several feet of gravel and rock. Out west in Mountain Home Idaho, I witnessed a strang phenomenon called Ball lighting. A Ball of lighting about the size of a golf ball, rode about 1 inch above the track rails seeking a path to earth ground. <br /> TIM A <br />
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