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Locomotive Crashworthiness Research, Volume 1: Model Development, Final Report, DOT/FRA/ORD-95/08.1, U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, July 1995
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Locomotive Crashworthiness Research, Volume 3: Review and Discussion, Final Report, DOT/FRA/ORD-95/08.3, U.S. Dept. of Transportation, July 1995
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Locomotive Crashworthiness Research, Volume 4: Additional Freight Locomotive Calculations, Final Report, DOT/FRA/ORD-95/08.4, U.S. Dept. of Transportation, July 1995
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Locomotive Crashworthiness and Cab Working Conditions
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Category : Locomotive engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Category : Locomotive engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Rail Transportation
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Category : Railroad cars
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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Category : Railroad cars
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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The Economics of Railroad Safety
Author: Ian Savage
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 146155571X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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The American public has a fascination with railroad wrecks that goes back a long way. One hundred years ago, staged railroad accidents were popular events. At the Iowa State fair in 1896, 89,000 people paid $20 each, at current prices, to see two trains, throttles wide open, collide with each other. "Head-on Joe" Connolly made a business out of "cornfield meets" holding seventy-three events in thirty-six years. Picture books of train wrecks do good business presumably because a train wreck can guarantee a spectacular destruction of property without the messy loss of life associated with aircraft accidents. A "train wreck" has also entered the popular vocabulary in a most unusual way. When political manoeuvering leads to failure to pass the federal budget, and a shutdown is likely of government services, this is widely called a "train wreck. " In business and team sports, bumbling and lack of coordination leading to a spectacular and public failure to perform is also called "causing a train wreck. " A person or organization who is disorganized may be labelled a "train wreck. " It is therefore not surprising that the public perception of the safety of railroads centers on images of twisted metal and burning tank cars, and a general feeling that these events occur quite often. After a series of railroad accidents, such as occurred in the winter of 1996 or the summer of 1997, there are inevitable calls that government "should do something.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 146155571X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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The American public has a fascination with railroad wrecks that goes back a long way. One hundred years ago, staged railroad accidents were popular events. At the Iowa State fair in 1896, 89,000 people paid $20 each, at current prices, to see two trains, throttles wide open, collide with each other. "Head-on Joe" Connolly made a business out of "cornfield meets" holding seventy-three events in thirty-six years. Picture books of train wrecks do good business presumably because a train wreck can guarantee a spectacular destruction of property without the messy loss of life associated with aircraft accidents. A "train wreck" has also entered the popular vocabulary in a most unusual way. When political manoeuvering leads to failure to pass the federal budget, and a shutdown is likely of government services, this is widely called a "train wreck. " In business and team sports, bumbling and lack of coordination leading to a spectacular and public failure to perform is also called "causing a train wreck. " A person or organization who is disorganized may be labelled a "train wreck. " It is therefore not surprising that the public perception of the safety of railroads centers on images of twisted metal and burning tank cars, and a general feeling that these events occur quite often. After a series of railroad accidents, such as occurred in the winter of 1996 or the summer of 1997, there are inevitable calls that government "should do something.
Locomotive Crashworthiness Research
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Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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Rail Safety/equipment Crashworthiness : Prepared by [i.e. For] U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Research and Development
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Rail Vehicle Crashworthiness Symposium, June 24-26, 1996, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Author: United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research and Development
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Category : Railroad accidents
Languages : en
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Category : Railroad accidents
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Locomotive Crashworthiness Research
Author: Ronald A. Mayville
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Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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