Train wreck : the forensics of rail disasters /
Bibel, G. D.(George D.)
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,
2012.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-349) and index.
The railroad industry (as seen through accidents) -- How trains crash, then and now -- Moderate-speed passenger train collisions -- Freight train collisions -- Avoiding collisions -- Positive train control -- Moving at the wrong speed -- Bearing failures -- Gravity: it's the law -- More runaways: brake failure -- Broken rail -- Buckled track -- Epilogue: safety in the modern era.
Railroad accidents