Historic Railway Disasters

Historic Railway Disasters

BookHistoric Railway Disasters
PublisherBook Club Associates (BCA)
Revised byB. K. Cooper
First Published byIan Allan Ltd
Copyright HolderIan Allan Ltd
Printed bySt Edmundsbury Press
FormatHardback
LanguageEnglish
LocationUK
Copyright1987
This Edition Published1992
Pages / Font271 pages
Barcode0 000000 068437
OtherCN 6843
ChaptersContents 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 19. Recent Driver's Errors: Eltham (Well Hall), Nuneaton, Colwich and Wembley 20. Defects On Locomotives 21. The Inexplicable Moorgate Disaster 22. Errors In The Wiring: Charing Cross and Farnley 23. Derailments At High Speed: Bushey, Northallerton and Ulleskelf 24. When Vigilance Fails 25. Faults In Fishplates 26. Fire! 27. Livestock On The Line Appendix: A Note on the Railway Inspectorate Index
NotesFourth edition
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