Author: George Bibel
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421405903
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
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
Train Wreck
Author: George Bibel
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421405903
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
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
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421405903
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
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
Railway Accidents, comprising the following papers: I. Railway Accidents-their causes and means of prevention ... II. Railway Accidents-showing the bearing, which existing legislation has upon them. By Capt. Douglas Galton ... With an abstract of the discussion upon the papers. Edited by Charles Manby ... and James Forrest ... Excerpt Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers
Author: James BRUNLEES
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 84
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Railway Accidents
Author: Great Britain. Ministry of Transport
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Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
Railway Accidents Or Collisions; Their Effects ... Upon the Brain and Spinal Cord, and Other Portions of the Nervous System ... Reprinted with Additions from the Medical Mirror
Author: William CAMPS
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Languages : en
Pages : 22
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Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Traumatic Pasts
Author: Mark S. Micale
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521583659
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
The essays in this book trace the origins of ongoing heated debates regarding trauma.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521583659
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
The essays in this book trace the origins of ongoing heated debates regarding trauma.
Railway Accidents, Safety Appliances, Locomotive Ash Pans, Hours of Service, Investigation of Accidents and Inspection of Locomotive Boilers
Author: United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
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Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Pamphlets [on] Railway Rolling Stock and Railway Accidents
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Category : Railroad accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Railroad accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
The Law of Railway Accidents in Massachusetts
Author: Gustavus Hay (Jr.)
Publisher:
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Category : Liability for railroad accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Liability for railroad accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Annual Report on the Statistics of Railways in the United States, the Interstate Commerce Commission for the Year Ending ...
Author:
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
1921-1942 contain abstracts of periodical reports.
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
1921-1942 contain abstracts of periodical reports.
Railway Accident Law
Author: Christopher Stuart Patterson
Publisher:
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Category : Accident law
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Accident law
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description