Author: George Bibel
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421405903
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Trains are massive—with some weighing 15,000 tons or more. When these metal monsters collide or go off the rails, their destructive power becomes clear. In this book, George Bibel presents riveting tales of trains gone wrong, the detective work of finding out why, and the safety improvements that were born of tragedy. Train Wreck details 17 crashes in which more than 200 people were killed. Readers follow investigators as they sift through the rubble and work with computerized event recorders to figure out what happened. Using a mix of eyewitness accounts and scientific explanations, Bibel draws us into a world of forensics and human drama. Train Wreck is a fascinating exploration of• runaway trains• bearing failures• metal fatigue• crash testing • collision dynamics• bad rails
Train Wreck
Author: George Bibel
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421405903
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Trains are massive—with some weighing 15,000 tons or more. When these metal monsters collide or go off the rails, their destructive power becomes clear. In this book, George Bibel presents riveting tales of trains gone wrong, the detective work of finding out why, and the safety improvements that were born of tragedy. Train Wreck details 17 crashes in which more than 200 people were killed. Readers follow investigators as they sift through the rubble and work with computerized event recorders to figure out what happened. Using a mix of eyewitness accounts and scientific explanations, Bibel draws us into a world of forensics and human drama. Train Wreck is a fascinating exploration of• runaway trains• bearing failures• metal fatigue• crash testing • collision dynamics• bad rails
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421405903
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Trains are massive—with some weighing 15,000 tons or more. When these metal monsters collide or go off the rails, their destructive power becomes clear. In this book, George Bibel presents riveting tales of trains gone wrong, the detective work of finding out why, and the safety improvements that were born of tragedy. Train Wreck details 17 crashes in which more than 200 people were killed. Readers follow investigators as they sift through the rubble and work with computerized event recorders to figure out what happened. Using a mix of eyewitness accounts and scientific explanations, Bibel draws us into a world of forensics and human drama. Train Wreck is a fascinating exploration of• runaway trains• bearing failures• metal fatigue• crash testing • collision dynamics• bad rails
Traumatic Pasts
Author: Mark S. Micale
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521583659
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
The essays in this book trace the origins of ongoing heated debates regarding trauma.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521583659
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
The essays in this book trace the origins of ongoing heated debates regarding trauma.
Train Wrecks
Author: Robert C. Reed
Publisher: Pictorial History of Accidents
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
American railroad history is filled with accounts of misadventure. Steam boilers blew up. Bridges collapsed under the weight of heavy engines. Locomotives crashed head-on because of signal failures. Passenger cars derailed, often with dire results. Lightly built wooden coaches splintered on impact, and the debris often ignited from the coals in the iron stoves used for heating. In the mid-nineteenth century American railroading was burgeoning -- a growth too fast for safe operations. Despite the grim statistics of 19th and early 20th century train wrecks that resulted, one cannot help but find the photographs and public prints of the day interesting. When you pick up this wondrous book, you will have a hard time putting it down.
Publisher: Pictorial History of Accidents
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
American railroad history is filled with accounts of misadventure. Steam boilers blew up. Bridges collapsed under the weight of heavy engines. Locomotives crashed head-on because of signal failures. Passenger cars derailed, often with dire results. Lightly built wooden coaches splintered on impact, and the debris often ignited from the coals in the iron stoves used for heating. In the mid-nineteenth century American railroading was burgeoning -- a growth too fast for safe operations. Despite the grim statistics of 19th and early 20th century train wrecks that resulted, one cannot help but find the photographs and public prints of the day interesting. When you pick up this wondrous book, you will have a hard time putting it down.
Annual Report on the Statistics of Railways in the United States
Author: United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. Bureau of Transport Economics and Statistics
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
1921-1942 contain abstracts of periodical reports.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
1921-1942 contain abstracts of periodical reports.
Railway Statistics of the United States of America
On Railway and Other Injuries of the Nervous System
Author: John Eric Erichsen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Brain
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Brain
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Locomotive Engineers Journal
Accident/incident Bulletin
Author: United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Safety
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrial hygiene
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrial hygiene
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Accident Bulletin
Author: United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Safety
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description
Accident Bulletin
Author: United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1048
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1048
Book Description