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Locomotive Crashworthiness Research, Volume 1: Model Development, Final Report, DOT/FRA/ORD-95/08.1, U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, July 1995
Locomotive Crashworthiness Research, Volume 3: Review and Discussion, Final Report, DOT/FRA/ORD-95/08.3, U.S. Dept. of Transportation, July 1995
Locomotive Crashworthiness Research, Volume 4: Additional Freight Locomotive Calculations, Final Report, DOT/FRA/ORD-95/08.4, U.S. Dept. of Transportation, July 1995
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Locomotive Crashworthiness and Cab Working Conditions
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Category : Locomotive engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Category : Locomotive engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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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
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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
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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.
Locomotive Crashworthiness Research
Rail Safety/equipment Crashworthiness : Prepared by [i.e. For] U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Research and Development
Rail Vehicle Crashworthiness Symposium, June 24-26, 1996, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Author: United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research and Development
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Category : Railroad accidents
Languages : en
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Category : Railroad accidents
Languages : en
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Locomotive Crashworthiness Research
Author: Ronald A. Mayville
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Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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