Download or read book Reports Covering Railway Incidents written by U.S. Interstate commerce commission. Bureau of the locomotive inspection and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reports on Railway Accidents in the United States written by U.S. Interstate commerce commission. Bureau of Safety and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 28 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 2012-10-07 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 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 Rules Governing Monthly Reports of Railway Accidents written by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. Bureau of Transport Economics and Statistics and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rules Governing the Monthly Reports of Railway Accidents written by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Safety Covering Investigation of an Accident which Occurred on the Chicago North Western Railway Near Lehanon Wis Feb 25 1918 written by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Accident Bulletin written by United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Safety and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report Covering Investigation of an Accident to Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway Locomotive 2132 which Occurred Near Harrah Oklahoma July 3 1923 written by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Red for Danger written by L. T. C. Rolt and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The result of Rolt's careful investigation and study of verbatim reports and findings by H.M. Inspectorate of Railways. It covers major accidents from the 19th and 20th century, and reveals the evolution of safety devices and methods which came to make the British railway carriage one of the safest ways of transport in the world.
Download or read book Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Safety Covering the Investigation of an Accident which Occurred on the Chicago Great Western Railway Near Wyeth Mo on January 3 1920 written by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report of the Chief of the BUreau of Safety Covering the Investigation of an Accident which Occurred on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Near Hardware Va on January 7 1919 written by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report of the Chief Inspector of Safety Appliances Covering His Investigation of an Accident which Occurred on the Northern Pacific Railway Near Lakeview Washington on May 12 1913 written by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report of the Chief of Safety Applicances Covering His Investigation of an Accident which Occurred on the St Louis and San Francisco Railroad Near Chelsea Oklahoma on October 29 1913 1921 written by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Safety Covering Investigation of an Accident which Occurred on the Southern Railway Near Rutherfordton N C on October 1 1925 written by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Britain s Railway Disasters written by Michael Foley and published by Wharncliffe. This book was released on 2014-01-15 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Passengers on the early railways took their lives in their hands every time they got on board a train. It was so dangerous that they could buy an insurance policy with their ticket. There seemed to be an acceptance that the level danger was tolerable in return for the speed of travel that was now available to them.British Railway Disasters looks at the most serious railway accidents from the origins of the development of the train up to the present day. Seriousness is judged on the number of those who died. Information gleaned from various newspaper reports is compared with official reports on the accidents.The book will appeal to all those with a fascination for rail transport as well as those with a love of history.Michael Foley examines the social context of how injuries and deaths on the railways were seen in the early days, as well as how claims in the courts became more common, leading to a series of medical investigations as to how travelling and crashing at high speed affected the human body
