Download or read book Amtrak Conrail Crash written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Special Task Force and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Oversight Hearing on January 4 Amtrak Conrail Accident written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Amtrak Conrail Crash written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Special Task Force and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tragedy at Gunpowder River written by AJ. McBay and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reported that the collision between an Amtrak train and three Conrail locomotives on 4 Jan. 1987 was caused by impairment of the engineer of the Conrail locomotives from marijuana and by the failure of and lack of safety devices. Evaluation of NTSB's report does not support marijuana impairment as a cause of the accident, but it does reveal many safety problems.

Download or read book Train Wreck written by George Bibel and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2012-10-07 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trains are massive—with some weighing 15,000 tons or more. When these metal monsters collide or go off the rails, their destructive power becomes clear. In this book, George Bibel presents riveting tales of trains gone wrong, the detective work of finding out why, and the safety improvements that were born of tragedy. Train Wreck details 17 crashes in which more than 200 people were killed. Readers follow investigators as they sift through the rubble and work with computerized event recorders to figure out what happened. Using a mix of eyewitness accounts and scientific explanations, Bibel draws us into a world of forensics and human drama. Train Wreck is a fascinating exploration of• runaway trains• bearing failures• metal fatigue• crash testing • collision dynamics• bad rails

Download or read book Amtrak Train Derailment Nodaway Iowa written by and published by FEMA. This book was released on with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Railroad accident report written by United States. Bureau of Accident Investigation and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Railroad Wrecks written by Edgar A. Haine and published by Associated University Presses. This book was released on 1993 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book recounts the most serious railroad accidents worldwide from 1853 to the present time. Relevant specifics of these disasters have been researched and summary narratives written. The central purpose of this volume is to record the horrendous details surrounding railroad calamities and, more importantly, to investigate, analyze, and derive beneficial knowledge about wreck causes and deduce corrective courses of action, setting forth successful principles of accident prevention that might be useful and applicable in rail operations everywhere. The ultimate purpose therefore has been to determine universal railroad safety doctrines, the application of which will lessen the frequency and severity of future rail accidents and thereby reduce death tolls, passenger and employee injuries, and the attendant financial and material losses." "Covered herein in concise form are the accounts of 70 major rail disasters in the United States and 111 train catastrophes in various foreign countries. Included for quick reference are two tabulations showing pertinent particulars for all the railroad disasters treated in this volume. The reader, if he peruses this long list of wreck narratives, will acquire a unique understanding of the widespread incident of rail accidents and, perhaps, arrive at a personal judgment on how to best further the noble cause of accident prevention. Certainly, he will gain an eye-opening view of the dreadful scope of the long-term operational misfortunes that have plagued the mighty "Iron Horse."" "More than one hundred photographs taken at the scenes of the accidents illustrate this volume." "A substantial introduction elucidates the history of railroading in relation to death-dealing mishaps, operating safeguards, railroad personnel, the human factor, the grade crossing dilemma, rail unions and worker discipline, safety research efforts, code of railroad working rules, alcohol and drug problems, the Harriman safety awards, the legendary rail cabooses, and accident prevention guidelines." "The eleven-part appendix includes a historical/statistical review of safety on the United States railroads and reports on the horrendous Louisville & Nashville Railroad hazardous materials spillage at Crestview, Florida, on 8 April 1970. Also summarized are the rail accident prevention philosophies practiced on four foreign railway systems."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Download or read book Railroad Accident Report written by United States. National Transportation Safety Board and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Railroad Accident Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Camp Creek Train Crash of 1900 In Atlanta or In Hell written by Jeffery C. Wells and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009-11-24 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On June 23, 1900, the Southern Railroad Company's Engine #7 and its passengers were greeted by a tremendous storm en route to Atlanta, Georgia. Stalled for some time in nearby McDonough, travelers grew impatient as rain pelted the roof and wind buffeted the cars. When finally given the go-ahead, their resulting joy was short-lived: the locomotive soon reached Camp Creek--and disaster. After weeks of constant showers, the swollen creek had eroded the bridge supports. Under the train's weight, the bridge collapsed, and all but nine perished in either the fiery fall or watery depths. With the help of local newspapers and eyewitness accounts, Georgia historian and professor Jeffery C. Wells recounts this tragic tale.

Download or read book Railroad Accident Report written by United States. Bureau of Accident Investigation and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Railroad highway Accident Report written by United States. National Transportation Safety Board and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Train Wrecks written by Robert Carroll Reed and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides black & white photographs and etchings of just about every imaginable type of train accident including boiler explosions, telescoping, bridge failures, head-on and rear-end collisions, mostly from the last half of the 1800's. The text presents many bits and pieces of U.S. railroad history as well as some contemporary accounts of life on the tracks, providing insight into how the railroads have progressed technologically and the impacts those advances have had on railroad safety.

Download or read book Oversight of the Amtrak Accident in Philadephia written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Railroad Accident Report written by National Transportation Safety Board and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-02-19 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On September 26, 1999, about 5:08 p.m., northbound National Railroad Passenger Corporation train 304-26, which was en route from St. Louis, Missouri, to Chicago, Illinois, collided with an automobile, which was westbound on U.S. Route 136.