Historic Railway Disasters
| Book | Historic Railway Disasters |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| This Edition Published | 1969 |
| Author | O. S. Nock |
| Publisher | Ian Allan Ltd |
| Printed by | R.J. Acford Ltd |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Location | Shepperton, Surrey, UK |
| This Edition Published | 1969 |
| Pages / Font | 206 pages |
| SBN | 71100190X |
| Chapters | Contents
Preface
Preface to the Second Edition
1. The Elements of Disaster
2. Four Mid-Victorian Tragedies
3. Abbots Ripton
4. The Battle of the Brakes: the Casualty List
5. The Armagh Runaway Train Collision
6. Speed on Curves: the derailments at Preston, Salisbury, Grantham and Shrewsbury
7. Disasters on the Settle and Carlisle Line
8. Quintinshill
9. The Abermule head-on collision
10. The Sevenoaks derailment
11. Running through Signals: three cases for A.T.C.
12. Accidents on the Great Western
13. Blunders with 'Lock and Block'
14. Harbreadth Escapes
15. Two B.R. Catastrophes
16. The Didcot High-Speed Derailment
17. Hither Green, December, 1967 - A Broken Rail
18. Hixon Level Crossing, January 1968
Appendix: A Note on the Railway Inspectorate
Index Contents
Preface
Preface to the Second Edition
1. The Elements of Disaster
2. Four Mid-Victorian Tragedies
3. Abbots Ripton
4. The Battle of the Brakes: the Casualty List
5. The Armagh Runaway Train Collision
6. Speed on Curves: the derailments at Preston, Salisbury, Grantham and Shrewsbury
7. Disasters on the Settle and Carlisle Line
8. Quintinshill
9. The Abermule head-on collision
10. The Sevenoaks derailment
11. Running through Signals: three cases for A.T.C.
12. Accidents on the Great Western
13. Blunders with 'Lock and Block'
14. Harbreadth Escapes
15. Two B.R. Catastrophes
16. The Didcot High-Speed Derailment
17. Hither Green, December, 1967 - A Broken Rail
18. Hixon Level Crossing, January 1968
Appendix: A Note on the Railway Inspectorate
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| Notes | Second edition Submission based on copy missing dust jacket |