Notes on Railroad Accidents by Charles Francis Adams

Notes on Railroad Accidents

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LoC No.: 06029469

Title: Notes on Railroad Accidents

Contents: The death of Mr. Huskisson -- The Angola and Shipton accidents -- The Wollaston accident -- Accidents and conservatism -- Telescoping and the Miller Platform -- The Versailles accident -- Telegraphic collisions -- Oil-tank accidents -- Draw-bridge disasters -- The Norwalk accident -- Bridge accidents -- The protection of bridges -- Car-couplings in derailments -- The Revere catastrophe -- Rear-end collisions -- Novel appliances -- The automatic electric block system -- Interlocking -- The Westinghouse brake -- The battle of the brakes -- The railroad journey resulting in death -- The railroad death-rate -- American as compared with foreign railroad accidents.

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Author: Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915

EBook No.: 48693

Published: Apr 12, 2015

Downloads: 26

Language: English

Subject: Railroad accidents

LoCC: Social sciences: Transportation and communications

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.