Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on RailroadsPublisher:
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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Recent Derailments and Railroad Safety
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on RailroadsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Recent Derailments and Railroad Safety
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on RailroadsPublisher:
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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
The Economics of Railroad Safety
Author: Ian SavagePublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 146155571X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
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.
Death Rode the Rails
Author: Mark AldrichPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801882364
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
"The evolution of railroad safety, Aldrich argues, involved the interplay of market forces, science and technology, and legal and public pressures. He considers the railroad as a system in its entirety: operational realities, technical constraints, economic history, internal politics, and labor management. Aldrich shows that economics initially encouraged American carriers to build and operate cheap and dangerous lines. Only over time did the trade-off between safety and output - shaped by labor markets and public policy - motivate carriers to develop technological improvements that enhanced both productivity and safety."--BOOK JACKET.
Rail Safety
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation and CommercePublisher:
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Report of the Section of Railroad Safety
Author: United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. Bureau of Safety and ServicePublisher:
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Category : Railroad accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Back on Track
Author: Mark AldrichPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421424169
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
A fascinating account of one of America’s most important industries and its dangers. Throughout the early twentieth century, railroad safety steadily improved across the United States. But by the 1960s, American railroads had fallen apart, the result of a regulatory straightjacket that eroded profitability and undermined safety. Collisions, derailments, worker fatalities, and grade crossing mishaps skyrocketed, while hazmat disasters exploded into newspaper headlines. In Back on Track, his sequel to Death Rode the Rails, Mark Aldrich traces the history of railroad accidents beginning in 1965, when Congress responded to bankrupt and scandal-ridden carriers by enacting a new safety regime. Aldrich details the federalization of rail safety and the implementation of a massive grade crossing program. He touches on post-1976 economic deregulation, which provided critical financing that underwrote better public safety. He also explores how the National Transportation Safety Board acted as a public scold to shine bright lights on private failings, while Federal Railroad Administration regulations reinforced market incentives for better safety. Ultimately, Aldrich concludes, the past 50 years have seen great strides in restoring railroad safety while enhancing industry profitability. Arguing that it was not inadequate safety regulation but rather stifling economic regulation that initially caused an uptick in train accidents, Back on Track is both a paen to the return of more competitive railroading and the only comprehensive history of the safety of modern American railroads. Praise for Death Rode the Rails "A masterful study of the complex evolution of railroad safety."—American Historical Review "Students of rail safety, and today's Class I railroad managers, need to read this volume."—Trains "Aldrich has created a masterpiece. His research is extensive, drawing on a rich variety of obscure yet relevant sources."—Register of the Kentucky Historical Society "One of the first large-scale scholarly studies of railroad safety in America."—Railroad History "A thought-provoking and well-grounded contribution to the history of American economic development."—Journal of American History "Pioneering . . . A central message of Aldrich's book is that 'little accidents' played a crucial though until now largely hidden role in the gradual evolution of a risk society."—Technology and Culture "A work of merit . . . essential reading for historians of transport safety, business, and technology."—Journal of Transport History "Impressive and thoroughly researched . . . Demonstrates how railroad safety evolved from the intersection of market pressures, technology, and public sentiment."—Journal of Southern History
Reports on Railway Accidents in the United States
Author: United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. Bureau of SafetyPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 924
Book Description
RECENT DERAILMENTS AND RAILROAD SAFETY... HEARING... 107-84... COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES... 107
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and InfrastructurePublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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