Amtrak Conrail Crash

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Special Task Force
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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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:

Author : George Bibel
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421405903
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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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

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Publisher : FEMA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 29 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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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:

Author : Tom Low
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615334486
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Train Wreck written by Tom Low and published by . This book was released on 2010-02-16 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An hour-by-hour and minute-by minute narrative, non-fiction account of the horrific 1996 collision between a Maryland Rail Commuter (MARC) train and the Amtrak Capitol Limited near Silver Spring, Maryland, and its aftermath. Eight student passengers and two crew members were trapped inside a locked and fast burning car and died before Montgomery County Fire and Rescue professionals could reach them. Interwoven into the story are the personal stories of the victims, the history of the former Baltimore and Ohio railroad line in Maryland (the historic builders of the site) and a trip into the grit, stress and dangers of railroad jobs that today remain basically unchanged from a century ago. Readers are also walked through interesting descriptions of how to operate a locomotive and how railroad signals and train brakes work. With this information they can solve the mystery of the accident.

Author : Edgar A. Haine
Publisher : Associated University Presses
ISBN 13 : 9780845348444
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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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

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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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:

Author : Jeffery C. Wells
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 161423308X
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : United States. Bureau of Accident Investigation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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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:

Author : United States. Bureau of Accident Investigation
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
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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:

Author : Mike Cox
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439667772
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Train Crash at Crush, Texas written by Mike Cox and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On September 15, 1896, Crush boasted the highest population in Texas. Built near Waco, the town provided the staging ground for a publicity stunt ramming two trains together at top speed. Showrunner and Katy Railroad official William Crush thought he had planned for every contingency. But when elephant-sized chunks of steam locomotive began raining down into the packed stands, the extravaganza quickly unraveled into one of the Lone Star State's most confounding tragedies. The soon-to-be famous Scott Joplin commemorated the debacle in "The Great Crush Collision March," and entrepreneurs like "Head-On Joe" Connolly of Iowa continued the tradition of the staged locomotive duel for decades. But the stupefying incident still slipped into the back pages of Texas lore. In the first-ever book on the subject, writer-historian Mike Cox finally tells the full story of the Crash at Crush.