Download or read book Railroad Accident Report written by United States. National Transportation Safety Board and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On January 7, 2007, about 3:45 p.m. eastern standard time, northbound Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Metrorail train 504 derailed one car as the train traversed a crossover from track 2 to track 1. The accident occurred in an underground tunnel on the Metrorail Green Line near the Mt. Vernon Square 7th Street-Convention Center station at chain marker E2 23+28. The train was traveling about 18 mph as it approached the station. The train consisted of six cars. The fifth car from the head end of the train derailed. About 80 passengers were on board at the time of the accident. Twenty-three passengers were transported to local hospitals for treatment and released. Emergency response personnel from Washington, D.C., provided the on-scene treatment and transportation of the injured passengers. mitigating measures for wheel climb derailments, and Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority interdepartmental coordination.
Download or read book Railroad Accident Report Derailment of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Train Near the Mt Vernon Square Station Washington D C January 7 2007 written by National Transportation National Transportation Safety Board and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-22 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On January 7, 2007, about 3:45 p.m. eastern standard time, northbound Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Metrorail train 504 derailed one car as the train traversed a crossover from track 2 to track 1. The accident occurred in an underground tunnel on the Metrorail Green Line near the Mt. Vernon Square 7th Street-Convention Center station at chain marker E2 23+28. The train was traveling about 18 mph as it approached the station. The train consisted of six cars. The fifth car from the head end of the train derailed. About 80 passengers were on board at the time of the accident. Twenty-three passengers were transported to local hospitals for treatment and released. Emergency response personnel from Washington, D.C., provided the on-scene treatment and transportation of the injured passengers.
Download or read book Derailment of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Train Near Mt Vernon Square Station Washington D C January 7 2007 written by United States. National Transportation Safety Board and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Derailment of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Train Near Mt Vernon Square Station Washington D C January 7 2007 written by United States. National Transportation Safety Board and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Train Wreck written by George Bibel and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gripping forensic tales explain how and why trains crash. 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 numerous crashes, including 17 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 A Safe Track written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Subcommittee on Government Operations and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2010 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 1172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book D C Metro written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Subcommittee on Transportation and Public Assets and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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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 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Wednesday, November 3, 2004, about 12:49 p.m., eastern standard time, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Metrorail train 703 collided with train 105 at the Woodley Park-Zoo/ Adams Morgan station in Washington, D.C. Train 703 was traveling outbound on the Red-Line segment of the Metrorail system and ascending the grade between the Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan and the Cleveland Park underground stations, when it rolled backwards about 2,246 feet and struck train 105 at a speed of about 36 mph. Train 703 was operating as a nonrevenue train; that is, it was not carrying passengers. Train 105, a revenue train, was in the process of discharging and loading passengers at the Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan station. There were about 70 passengers on board train 105. Some passengers had exited the train just before or during the collision. The District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Service transported about 20 persons to local hospitals. Estimated property damages were $3,463,183.
Download or read book Railroad Accident Report Collision of Two Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Metrorail Trains Near Fort Totten Station Washington D C June 22 2009 written by National Transportation Safety Board and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-02-19 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Monday, June 22, 2009, about 4:58 p.m., eastern daylight time, inbound Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Metrorail train 112 struck the rear of stopped inbound Metrorail train 214. The accident occurred on aboveground track on the Metrorail Red Line near the Fort Totten station in Washington, D.C. The lead car of train 112 struck the rear car of train 214, causing the rear car of train 214 to telescope into the lead car of train 112, resulting in a loss of occupant survival space in the lead car of about 63 feet (about 84 percent of its total length). Nine people aboard train 112, including the train operator, were killed. Emergency response agencies reported transporting 52 people to local hospitals. Damage to train equipment was estimated to be $12 million.
Download or read book Derailment of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Train No 410 at Smithsonian Interlocking January 13 1982 written by National Transportation Safety Board and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributing to the accident was WMATA management's failure to put into place an adequate program of initial and recurrent training for OCC and Metrorail operating personnel and its failure to adopt adequate rules and procedures for safe operation of trains in the manual mode.
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 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On January 6, 1996, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Metrorail subway train No. T-111 failed to come to a stop at the above-ground Shady Grove, Maryland, passenger station, the final station on the Metrorail Red Line. The four-car train ran by the station platform and continued about 470 feet into the Metrorail yard north of the station, where it struck a standing, unoccupied subway train that was awaiting assignment. The operator of train T-111 was fatally injured; the train's two passengers were not injured. Total property damages were estimated to be between $2.1 and $2.6 million.
Download or read book Railroad Accident Report written by United States. National Transportation Safety Board and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Collision of Two Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Metrorail Trains Near Fort Totten Station Washington D C June 22 2009 written by United States. National Transportation Safety Board and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Monday, June 22, 2009, about 4:58 p.m., eastern daylight time, inbound Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Metrorail train 112 struck the rear of stopped inbound Metrorail train 214. The accident occurred on aboveground track on the Metrorail Red Line near the Fort Totten station in Washington, D.C. The lead car of train 112 struck the rear car of train 214, causing the rear car of train 214 to telescope into the lead car of train 112, resulting in a loss of occupant survival space in the lead car of about 63 feet (about 84 percent of its total length). Nine people aboard train 112, including the train operator, were killed. Emergency response agencies reported transporting 52 people to local hospitals. Damage to train equipment was estimated to be 12 million.
Download or read book Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Train Strikes Wayside Worker Near Dupont Circle Station Washington D C May 14 2006 written by United States. National Transportation Safety Board and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Collision Between Two Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Trains at the Woodley Park Zoo Adams Morgan Station in Washington D C November 3 2004 written by United States. National Transportation Safety Board and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
