Download or read book Railway Collisions Prevented Classic Reprint written by Alfred Ogan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Railway Collisions Prevented While deeply lamenting the unfortunate Railway Collisions by which the public has so frequently and severely suffered, the Author was led to a full consideration of the subject, from a conviction that it was only requisite to look the matter boldly in the face, in order not only to discover their cause, but to prevent their recurrence. In tracing the origin of accidents arising from collisions of trains, he found that many valuable suggestions for their prevention had been from time to time made by the Govern ment Inspectors of Railways, but which, from being diffused through a mass of Parliamentary Reports, lost half their force he has therefore endeavoured to collect and concentrate these official opinions in support of his own views, which he felt might otherwise be passed lightly by; but which he now hopes, confirmed as they mainly are by those of eminently practical men, will be favourably regarded. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Safety of British Railways Or Railway Accidents written by H. Raynar Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Safety of British Railways; Or Railway Accidents: How Caused and How Prevented The Author was led, a few months ago, by an article in a technical journal, to look into the causes of the railway accidents of thirty years or so ago and to compare them with those of the present day. The question of safety on British railways is one of great importance as well as of considerable interest, and this was in the Author's mind when he commenced investigations. We were then passing through anxious times in that direction as the annual report of the Board of Trade showed that the year 1906 was the worst since 1874 as to casualties to passengers in train accidents. The perusal of these pages will show that the accidents of a former generation were mostly due to a weakness of the Machine and not so much to errors of the Man. The Machine is now perfected, and these pages will, without doubt, force the reader to the conclusion that present day accidents are due to failures of the Man. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Look Before You Leap written by Thomas Wrigley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-26 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Look Before You Leap: Railway Accidents: Their Cause and Cure Now, I can believe in the possibility of rendering these irregularities innocuous by so as to prevent their taking efl'ect by causing collisions, but I have no more faith in the possibility of preventing irregularities from time to time, than I should have in an attempt to control the elements that tend to produce them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Railroad Accidents written by Emile Emile and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-13 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Railroad Accidents: Their Causes and the Means of Preventing Them Some months since, the work of which the present volume is a translation having fallen into my hands, and appearing to me to contain much that would be useful and entertaining to those connected with railroads in this country, and fitted to supply a public want, I have undertaken to translate it for publication. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Confessions of a Railroad Signalman written by James O. Fagan and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-07-21 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in The Atlantic magazine, the following chapters are intended to give the readers an insight into the working habits of a railroad signalman. An occupation mostly extinct today, a railroad signalman plays a crucial part during the heyday of travels with the American rail system, oftentimes being the only factor that stands between a catastrophic accident and a safe voyage. The author shares many of his qualms regarding his industry's practice in handling railway accidents, as can be seen through this excerpt: "The story of one accident is the story of them all. There is a smash-up. Property is destroyed, perhaps passengers are hurt. The superintendent at once starts an investigation. It is practically secret. Not a word in regard to it is allowed to leak out. After a while, a decision is arrived at and a verdict is rendered,—in secret. Then discipline is administered. A private communication containing the verdict and penalty is sent to the accused party. This, of course, he keeps to himself, and the incident is closed."
Download or read book Prevention of Railroad Accidents Or Safety in Railroading written by Geo Bradshaw and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Prevention of Railroad Accidents or Safety in Railroading: A Heart to Heart Talk With Employes There is a better way. Our stock in trade has been the pound of cure. Let's try the ounce of preven tion. It must, of course, be expected that we shall always have some accidents in railroading as in other lines of business where machinery and the human element enter. But it must be admitted that we have had, and are continuing to have, entirely too many accidents. A study of reports shows that the great majority of preventable accidents are due to the human element. This work, being addressed to employes, naturally is confined to that class of accidents, which are within the power of employes, by their own personal efforts, to prevent. It does not profess to be an exhaustive treatise covering the whole range of accident preven tion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Railway Collisions Prevented Primary Source Edition written by Alfred Ogan and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Download or read book Notes on Railroad Accidents Classic Reprint written by Charles Francis Adams and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Notes on Railroad Accidents This volume makes no pretence whatever of being either an exhaustive or a scientific study of the subject to which it relates. It is, on the contrary, merely what its title signifies, - a collection of notes on railroad accidents. In the course of ten years service as one of the railroad commissioners of Massachusetts, I was called upon officially to investigate two very serious disasters, - that at Revere in 1871, and that at Wollaston in 1878, - besides many others less memorable. In connection with these official duties I got together by degrees a considerable body of information, which I was obliged to extract as best I could from newspapers and other contemporaneous sources. I have felt the utmost hesitation in publishing so crude and imperfect a performance, but finally decide to do so for the reason that, so far as I know, there is nothing relating to this subject in print in an accessible form, and it would, therefore, seem that these notes may have a temporary value. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Railway Collisions Prevented written by Alfred Ogan and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-09-03 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Safe Railway Working written by Clement Edwin Stretton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Safe Railway Working: A Treatise on Railway Accidents, Their Cause and Prevention, With a Description of Modern Appliances and Systems to Which Are Added Numerous Illustrations of Locomotive Engines During the year 1885, several members of both Houses of Parliament, and others interested in the safe and proper working of railways, applied to the Author for information relating to the causes of the various ao-called railway accidents, and also as to the altera tions, improvements, and appliances which might be considered absolutely essential to the safety of the general public and of the railway servants. A list of twenty three requirements was drawn up, which in the opinion of the writer were at that time (november, and still are, necessary, and will have to be adopted and brought into general use before any great improvement in railway safety can be looked for or expected. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Prevention of Railway Accidents written by William Sing-Chong Pung and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-13 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Prevention of Railway Accidents: Thesis Iian insignificant position before these figures of the destruction of human life in the peaceful Operation of the American railroads. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Railroad Accidents Their Cause and Prevention Classic Reprint written by R. C. Richards and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Railroad Accidents Their Cause and Prevention In the transaction of the business of a railroad its first and highest duty is to the passengers, to carry them safely and speedily; next, to take care of the property entrusted to it for transportation, and for which it is practically an insurer against everything but the act of God or the public enemy, and deliver it with reasonable dispatch to the con signee in practically the same condition as that in which it is received., it is a self-evident proposition that the nearer the railroads come to performing this duty, the fewer losses and claims for damages they will have to pay, and, as a matter of course, the more money there will be left with which to pay wages, interest, dividends, and make improvements. So it behooves all, who are working for those wages, to do every thing they can to help carry on the business properly and correctly in order that the interest of the com panies hiring them, as well as their individual in terest, will be subserved, and for the more important reason of causing as little suffering, pain, and sor row to those who by accident may be maimed or killed, which always brings trouble and sorrow to the victim as well as to his family, and frequently results in untold suffering and privation to the widows and children. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Railway Collisions Can be Absolutely Prevented written by Rowell-Potter Safety Stop Company and published by . This book was released on 189? with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Safe Railway Working written by Clement E. Stretton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-03 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Safe Railway Working: Popular Treatise on Railway Accidents Their Cause and Prevention; With a Description of Modern Appliances and Systems During the year 1885, several members of both Houses of Parliament, and others interested in the safe and proper working of railways, applied to the Author for information relating to the causes of the various so-called railway accidents, and also as to the altera tions, improvements, and appliances which might be considered absolutely essential to the safety of the general public and of the railway servants. A list of twenty-three requirements was drawn up, which in the opinion of the writer were at that time (november, and still are, necessary, and all of which will have to be adopted and brought into general use before any great improvement in railway safety can be looked for or expected. At the expressed desire of engineering friends, as well as railway officials, servants, and passengers, the Author was induced to prepare the First Edition of the present work to explain and illustrate the various mechanical appliances which conduce to the safety of railway travelling. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Railway and Other Accidents written by Allan McLane Hamilton and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Railway and Other Accidents: With Relation to Injury and Disease of the Nervous System, a Book for Court Use, With Fifteen Plates, Two Superimposed Charts and Thirty-Six Illustrations This work is intended for Doctors of Medicine as well as for Lawyers, and especially for use in court. The author, whose experience in connection with accident cases has during the past thirty years been somewhat extensive, believes that a book of this kind and scope will be acceptable to those who have hitherto been obliged to rely upon treatises which have taken one extreme view or the other as to the side of the plaintiff or defendant. The author aims to be always just, and, while attacking fraud on the one hand and on the other giving due prominence to the incapacitating effects of real injury, seeks to show in hysterical and unconsciously exaggerated cases where the neurotic predisposition exists, just how much the accident has to do with the alleged suffering and future condition of the litigant. In this attempt the patient's proper claims are protected while at the same time an effort is made to prevent the railway from being mulcted, or, at least, to show that it is not entirely accountable. The time has certainly come for some one who is initiated, and has sufficient knowledge, to urge the proper and honest presentation of medical facts in court by the plaintiff as well as the defendant, for it does not do to pervert medical truths which in their way are quite as well settled as the axioms of the law. It is the author's aim to present his material as simply as possible, and to avoid involved statements and discussion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Street Railway Accidents written by John J. Moorhead and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Street Railway Accidents: Compiled for the Use of the Trial Department of the New York City Railway Company These monographs respecting diverse surgical ailments are the outgrowth of requests from the Trial Counsel for information on respective subjects. It was finally deemed advisable to anticipate such demands by furnishing articles on the more common injuries alleged, and these took the form of manifolded typewritten brochures. The list has now grown large enough to warrant publication in the present form, and in offering the following pages, no attempt has been made to exhaustively treat any given topic, the aim being to furnish the necessary working knowledge for Trial purposes; and to give enough technical explanation to understandingly consult recognized quoted or mentioned standard authorities. There has constantly been in mind the description of the average and usual, rather than the exceptional or unusual case, and careful mention has been made of the elements liable to modify the causation or outcome of a given injury. The diagrams used were obtained through the courtesy of the medical publishers, W.B. Saunders Company, of Philadelphia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Apparatus Graphically Registering Motions of Rail Road Trains and System of Signals for Preventing Collisions Classic Reprint written by H. Pellat and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-12 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Apparatus Graphically Registering Motions of Rail-Road Trains and System of Signals for Preventing Collisions So as to compel the signal - post agent, having to survey on the graphic the trains's movements, to be constantly attentive, and, so as to have a control of his vigilance, this employee must also, by means of an electric ring or bell, inform each station of the arrival of a train when it is at a fixed distance, from the station (2 miles for instance). This signal, already in use on several railroads, offers, as it is well known, a great advantage it enables to open the road to an incoming train before the driver can see the disc; so the latter, usually finding the road Opened before him, pays a much greater attention to a stop or slackening signal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
