Screen LibraryTrain wreck：the forensics of rail disasters
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | |
|---|---|
| Published: |
Johns Hopkins University Press,
|
| Publisher Address: | Baltimore |
| Publication Dates: | 2012. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | |
| Carrier Form: | 355 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781421405902 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9781421406527 (electronic) 1421405903 (hbk. : alk. paper) 1421406527 (electronic) |
| Index Number: | U298 |
| CLC: |
U298.5 U229 |
| Call Number: | U298.5/B581 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-349) and index. The railroad industry (as seen through accidents) -- How trains crash, then and now -- Moderate-speed passenger train collisions -- Freight train collisions -- Avoiding collisions -- Positive train control -- Moving at the wrong speed -- Bearing failures -- Gravity: it's the law -- More runaways: brake failure -- Broken rail -- Buckled track -- Epilogue: safety in the modern era. |