The World S Worst Railway Accidents
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Great Train Disasters
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Author : G. M. Kichenside
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Great Train Disasters written by G. M. Kichenside and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Railroad accidents categories.
Great Train Disasters
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Author : Geoffrey Kichenside
language : en
Publisher: Parragon Publishing
Release Date : 1997-01-01
Great Train Disasters written by Geoffrey Kichenside and has been published by Parragon Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-01-01 with Railroad accidents categories.
The Quintinshill Conspiracy
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Author : Adrian Searle
language : en
Publisher: Wharncliffe
Release Date : 2013-10-01
The Quintinshill Conspiracy written by Adrian Searle and has been published by Wharncliffe this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-01 with Transportation categories.
It was the railway's Titanic. A horrific crash involving five trains in which 230 died and 246 were injured, it remains the worst disaster in the long history of Britain's rail network.??The location was the isolated signal box at Quintinshill, on the Anglo-Scottish border near Gretna; the date, 22 May 1915. Amongst the dead and injured were women and children but most of the casualties were Scottish soldiers on their way to fight in the Gallipoli campaign. Territorials setting off for war on a distant battlefield were to die, not in battle, but on home soil victims, it was said, of serious incompetence and a shoddy regard for procedure in the signal box, resulting in two signalmen being sent to prison. Startling new evidence reveals that the failures which led to the disaster were far more complex and wide-reaching than signalling negligence. Using previously undisclosed documents, the authors have been able to access official records from the time and have uncovered a?highly shocking and controversial truth behind what actually happened at Quintinshill and the extraordinary attempts to hide the truth.??As featured in Dumfries & Galloway Life magazine, January 2014.
Train Wreck
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Author : George Bibel
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2012-10-07
Train Wreck written by George Bibel and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-07 with Science categories.
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 17 crashes 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
Red For Danger
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Author : L. T. C. Rolt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1955
Red For Danger written by L. T. C. Rolt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1955 with Railroad accidents categories.
The result of Rolt's careful investigation and study of verbatim reports and findings by H.M. Inspectorate of Railways. It covers major accidents from the 19th and 20th century, and reveals the evolution of safety devices and methods which came to make the British railway carriage one of the safest ways of transport in the world.
Reports On Railway Accidents In The United States
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Author : U.S. Interstate commerce commission. Bureau of Safety
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1912
Reports On Railway Accidents In The United States written by U.S. Interstate commerce commission. Bureau of Safety and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1912 with categories.
The White Cascade
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Author : Gary Krist
language : en
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Release Date : 2008-01-22
The White Cascade written by Gary Krist and has been published by Henry Holt and Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-22 with History categories.
The never-before-told story of one of the worst rail disasters in U.S. history in which two trains full of people, trapped high in the Cascade Mountains, are hit by a devastating avalanche In February 1910, a monstrous blizzard centered on Washington State hit the Northwest, breaking records. The world stopped—but nowhere was the danger more terrifying than near a tiny town called Wellington, perched high in the Cascade Mountains, where a desperate situation evolved minute by minute: two trainloads of cold, hungry passengers and their crews found themselves marooned without escape, their railcars gradually being buried in the rising drifts. For days, an army of the Great Northern Railroad's most dedicated men—led by the line's legendarily courageous superintendent, James O'Neill—worked round-the-clock to rescue the trains. But the storm was unrelenting, and to the passenger's great anxiety, the railcars—their only shelter—were parked precariously on the edge of a steep ravine. As the days passed, food and coal supplies dwindled. Panic and rage set in as snow accumulated deeper and deeper on the cliffs overhanging the trains. Finally, just when escape seemed possible, the unthinkable occurred: the earth shifted and a colossal avalanche tumbled from the high pinnacles, sweeping the trains and their sleeping passengers over the steep slope and down the mountainside. Centered on the astonishing spectacle of our nation's deadliest avalanche, Gary Krist's The White Cascade is the masterfully told story of a supremely dramatic and never-before-documented American tragedy. An adventure saga filled with colorful and engaging history, this is epic narrative storytelling at its finest.
Derail
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Author : Nicholas Faith
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2001
Derail written by Nicholas Faith and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Performing Arts categories.
Derail is an analysis of the most dramatic, bizarre and terrifying rail accidents over the past 150 years. It asks what lessons have been learned from past disasters and what steps remain to be taken.
Railway Disasters
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Author : Simon Fowler
language : en
Publisher: Wharncliffe
Release Date : 2013-09-18
Railway Disasters written by Simon Fowler and has been published by Wharncliffe this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-18 with Transportation categories.
British railways are one of the safest ways of travelling. That they are so is the result of painful lessons learnt over many decades, for there have been many hundreds of railway disasters.This book looks at some of the most famous as well as some that have been all but forgotten, matching graphic illustrations with eyewitness accounts of people who were there and the confidential reports of the accident investigators who worked out what had gone wrong.The book explores the reasons why accidents happen. Some are due to the carelessness of staff, others due to equipment failure or poor signalling. Yet others still baffle the experts. Simon Fowler is a long-standing Pen & Sword author having written many books on family and military history. He is a also a professional researcher and tutor.
Trains In Trouble
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Author : K. Hoole
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983-09-01
Trains In Trouble written by K. Hoole and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983-09-01 with Railroad accidents categories.