Train wreck
Subtitle: the forensics of rail disasters
By: George Bibel
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781421405902; 9781421406527
Subjects: Investigation; Railroad accidents
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The railroad industry (as seen through accidents); title: How trains crash: then and now; title: Moderate speed passenger train collisions; title: Freight train collisions; title: Avoiding collisions; title: Positive train control; title: Moving at the wrong speed; title: Bearing failures; title: Gravity: it's the law; title: More runaways: brake failure; title: Broken rail; title: Buckled track; title: Epilogue: safety in the modern era.