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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, 2012.
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Details
- Description
- 355 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- 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 numerous crashes, including 17 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. -- Provided by publisher
- 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
- 9781421406527
- 1421405903
- 1421406527
- LCCN
- 2011048389
- OCLC
- ocn772525796
- 772525796
- SCSB-1661940
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library