Railway Disasters
Published: 2013
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781473829855; 9781845631581
Subjects: Railroad accidents; History; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS; Infrastructure; SOCIAL SCIENCE; General
Description: British railways are one of the safest ways of travelling. That they are so is the result of painful lessons learnt over many decades, for there have been many hundreds of railway disasters.This book looks at some of the most famous as well as some that have been all but forgotten, matching graphic illustrations with eyewitness accounts of people who were there and the confidential reports of the accident investigators who worked out what had gone wrong.The book explores the reasons why accidents happen. Some are due to the carelessness of staff, others due to equipment failure or poor signalling. Yet others still baffle the experts. Simon Fowler is a long-standing Pen & Sword author having written many books on family and military history. He is a also a professional researcher and tutor.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; Chapter 1 Accidents on the Early Railway 1829-1889; Chapter 2 The Golden Age of the Railway Accident 1890-1914; Chapter 3 The Years of War and Peace 1914-1947; Chapter 4 Accidents on British Railways 1948-1968; Further Reading