Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1969
Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1969

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation

Publisher:

Published: 1969

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13:

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Committee Serial No. 91-32. Considers S. 1933 and similar S. 2915 and S. 3061, to authorize DOT inspection and regulation of railroad cars and equipment to ensure railroad safety. July 14 hearing was held in Indianapolis, Ind., to conduct an investigation into several Indiana railroad accidents.

Railway Accidents
Railway Accidents

Author: Greg Morse

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2014-10-10

Total Pages: 73

ISBN-13: 178442031X

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Britain's rail network is now among the safest in the world, but the journey that brought it to that point has been long and eventful. Early incidents like the felling of William Huskisson MP by Stephenson's Rocket (1830) showed how new ideas could bring new dangers; yet from disaster came new safety measures, and within fifty years better signalling and braking methods had been made mandatory. The twentieth century saw accident repeatedly lead to action and further advances in rolling stock, track design and train protection systems. Greg Morse charts these changes through the events that helped to prompt them, including the Armagh collision (1889) and the Harrow & Wealdstone disaster (1952). He ends with a railway approaching a new 'golden age' in the 1980s – yet with the tragedy at Clapham Junction (1988) offering a solemn reminder against complacency.