Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce
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Category : Railroad accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 84
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Safety of Employees and Travelers on Railroads--railway Clearance
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce
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Category : Railroad accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 84
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Category : Railroad accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 84
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Safety of Employees and Travelers on Railroads, Railway Clearance
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Interstate commerce
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Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Languages : en
Pages : 76
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FRA Guide for Preparing Accidents/incidents Reports
Author: United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Safety
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Category : Railroad accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Category : Railroad accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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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
Book Description
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
Book Description
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.
Travel
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Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 426
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Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 426
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Catalogue of the Public Documents of the ... Congress and of All Departments of the Government of the United States for the Period from ... to ...
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1248
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1248
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To Limit Hours of Service
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce. Subcommittee on Certain Railroad Labor Legislation
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Category : Hours of labor
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Considers legislation to establish restrictions on the number of hours of labor required of railroad employees.
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Category : Hours of labor
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Considers legislation to establish restrictions on the number of hours of labor required of railroad employees.
Catalogue of the Public Documents of the ... Congress and of All Departments of the Government of the United States
Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1870
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1870
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Safety Regulation of Railroad Track Motorcars
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation
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Category : Railroad motorcars
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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Category : Railroad motorcars
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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Regulation of Interstate Commerce
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 182
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 182
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