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Train wreck : the forensics of rail disasters /

Title
Train wreck : the forensics of rail disasters / George Bibel.
Author
Bibel, G. D. (George D.)
Publication
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2012.

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Description
355 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
ISBN
  • 9781421405902 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9781421406527 (electronic)
  • 1421405903 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 1421406527 (electronic)
LCCN
2011048389
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library