The Chatsworth Wreck
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The Chatsworth Wreck
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Author : C.C. Burford
language : en
Publisher: Рипол Классик
Release Date :
The Chatsworth Wreck written by C.C. Burford and has been published by Рипол Классик this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with History categories.
The Chatsworth Wreck: a saga of excursion train travel in the American Midwest in the 1880's
Train Wrecks
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Author : Robert Carroll Reed
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
Train Wrecks written by Robert Carroll Reed and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Railroad accidents categories.
This volume provides black & white photographs and etchings of just about every imaginable type of train accident including boiler explosions, telescoping, bridge failures, head-on and rear-end collisions, mostly from the last half of the 1800's. The text presents many bits and pieces of U.S. railroad history as well as some contemporary accounts of life on the tracks, providing insight into how the railroads have progressed technologically and the impacts those advances have had on railroad safety.
Train Wreck
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Author : Wesley S. Griswold
language : en
Publisher: Stephen Greene Press
Release Date : 1969
Train Wreck written by Wesley S. Griswold and has been published by Stephen Greene Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with History categories.
"The story of 19 historic rail disasters: 1833-1958"--Jacket.
British Ballads And Songs
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Author : Vance Randolph
language : en
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Release Date : 1980
British Ballads And Songs written by Vance Randolph and has been published by University of Missouri Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Music categories.
Railroad Wrecks
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Author : Edgar A. Haine
language : en
Publisher: Associated University Presses
Release Date : 1993
Railroad Wrecks written by Edgar A. Haine and has been published by Associated University Presses this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Health & Fitness categories.
"This book recounts the most serious railroad accidents worldwide from 1853 to the present time. Relevant specifics of these disasters have been researched and summary narratives written. The central purpose of this volume is to record the horrendous details surrounding railroad calamities and, more importantly, to investigate, analyze, and derive beneficial knowledge about wreck causes and deduce corrective courses of action, setting forth successful principles of accident prevention that might be useful and applicable in rail operations everywhere. The ultimate purpose therefore has been to determine universal railroad safety doctrines, the application of which will lessen the frequency and severity of future rail accidents and thereby reduce death tolls, passenger and employee injuries, and the attendant financial and material losses." "Covered herein in concise form are the accounts of 70 major rail disasters in the United States and 111 train catastrophes in various foreign countries. Included for quick reference are two tabulations showing pertinent particulars for all the railroad disasters treated in this volume. The reader, if he peruses this long list of wreck narratives, will acquire a unique understanding of the widespread incident of rail accidents and, perhaps, arrive at a personal judgment on how to best further the noble cause of accident prevention. Certainly, he will gain an eye-opening view of the dreadful scope of the long-term operational misfortunes that have plagued the mighty "Iron Horse."" "More than one hundred photographs taken at the scenes of the accidents illustrate this volume." "A substantial introduction elucidates the history of railroading in relation to death-dealing mishaps, operating safeguards, railroad personnel, the human factor, the grade crossing dilemma, rail unions and worker discipline, safety research efforts, code of railroad working rules, alcohol and drug problems, the Harriman safety awards, the legendary rail cabooses, and accident prevention guidelines." "The eleven-part appendix includes a historical/statistical review of safety on the United States railroads and reports on the horrendous Louisville & Nashville Railroad hazardous materials spillage at Crestview, Florida, on 8 April 1970. Also summarized are the rail accident prevention philosophies practiced on four foreign railway systems."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Engineering News
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1887
Engineering News written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1887 with Engineering categories.
Folk Songs Of Middle Tennessee
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Author : Charles K. Wolfe
language : en
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Release Date : 1997
Folk Songs Of Middle Tennessee written by Charles K. Wolfe and has been published by Univ. of Tennessee Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Music categories.
"Folk Songs of Middle Tennessee ... is superior to most collections because Boswell cast a wide net in his collecting, recording many items from people not usually thought of as folksingers, and because, unlike most collectors of his day, he was equally skilled at music and lyric transcription". -- W. K. McNeil, The Ozark Folk Center This volume brings together, for the first time, more than one hundred traditional songs from Middle Tennessee -- a region that is synonymous in the popular mind with music but one that has been curiously neglected in folksong scholarship. The songs presented here were originally collected in the late 1940s and early 1950s by George Boswell, a distinguished scholar and field researcher who died in 1995. While living in Nashville, Boswell scoured the city and surrounding counties for old ballads and folk songs. Sometimes using a wire or tape recorder, at other times employing a stenographer, he visited numerous singers and transcribed the words and tunes to hundreds of songs. Even after moving from Tennessee to assume a teaching position at the University of Mississippi, Boswell continued to work on his collection, annotating and comparing texts, and publishing occasional samples. In 1950, he noted that Tennessee, virtually alone among southern states, had no published collection of its folk songs. That has remained the case until now. The songs chosen for this book are presented with musical notation and extensive backgound notes, including biographical data on the original informants (many of whom were business and professional people) and fascinating histories of each song. A number of the songs are rare and previously uncollected; others arelocal variants of long-popular ballads. The publication of this volume -- the first major collection of southern folk songs in many years -- is not only a testament to Boswell's scholarship but a marvelous contribution to our understanding of southern folk culture and
Engineering News And American Contract Journal
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1887
Engineering News And American Contract Journal written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1887 with Engineering categories.
Toledo Peoria Western Railway The
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Author : Thomas Dyrek
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2022-06-06
Toledo Peoria Western Railway The written by Thomas Dyrek and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-06 with History categories.
"Originally chartered in 1849 as the Peoria & Oquawka, the TP&W provided an important bypass for trains to avoid the often congested rail network in Chicago. Train wrecks on the TP&W over the years resulted in improved and safer technology that is still in use today nationally. Conflicts between the railroad's management and employees led to the creation and development of national railroad labor unions. On a local level, the TP&W served many local businesses and made an effort to establish positive relationships with communities that it passed through. At one time, Toledo, Peoria & Western was a name known in virtually every household in the area. The TP&W is still operating today and serves many businesses along its route, including grain elevators and factories, and interchanges freight cars with other railroads in the area for transportation around the country."--Provided by publisher.
The Iron Road In The Prairie State
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Author : Simon Cordery
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2016-01-20
The Iron Road In The Prairie State written by Simon Cordery and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-20 with Transportation categories.
In 1836, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas agreed on one thing: Illinois needed railroads. Over the next fifty years, the state became the nation's railroad hub, with Chicago at its center. Speculators, greed, growth, and regulation followed as the railroad industry consumed unprecedented amounts of capital and labor. A nationwide market resulted, and the Windy City became the site of opportunities and challenges that remain to this day. In this first-of-its-kind history, full of entertaining anecdotes and colorful characters, Simon Cordery describes the explosive growth of Illinois railroads and its impact on America. Cordery shows how railroading in Illinois influenced railroad financing, the creation of a national economy, and government regulation of business. Cordery's masterful chronicle of rail development in Illinois from 1837 to 2010 reveals how the state's expanding railroads became the foundation of the nation's rail network.