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Author: Michael Foley Publisher: Wharncliffe ISBN: 1473831865 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 402
Book Description
Passengers on the early railways took their lives in their hands every time they got on board a train. It was so dangerous that they could buy an insurance policy with their ticket. There seemed to be an acceptance that the level danger was tolerable in return for the speed of travel that was now available to them.British Railway Disasters looks at the most serious railway accidents from the origins of the development of the train up to the present day. Seriousness is judged on the number of those who died. Information gleaned from various newspaper reports is compared with official reports on the accidents.The book will appeal to all those with a fascination for rail transport as well as those with a love of history.Michael Foley examines the social context of how injuries and deaths on the railways were seen in the early days, as well as how claims in the courts became more common, leading to a series of medical investigations as to how travelling and crashing at high speed affected the human body
Author: Michael Foley Publisher: Wharncliffe ISBN: 1473831865 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 402
Book Description
Passengers on the early railways took their lives in their hands every time they got on board a train. It was so dangerous that they could buy an insurance policy with their ticket. There seemed to be an acceptance that the level danger was tolerable in return for the speed of travel that was now available to them.British Railway Disasters looks at the most serious railway accidents from the origins of the development of the train up to the present day. Seriousness is judged on the number of those who died. Information gleaned from various newspaper reports is compared with official reports on the accidents.The book will appeal to all those with a fascination for rail transport as well as those with a love of history.Michael Foley examines the social context of how injuries and deaths on the railways were seen in the early days, as well as how claims in the courts became more common, leading to a series of medical investigations as to how travelling and crashing at high speed affected the human body
Author: Robin Jones Publisher: Gresley ISBN: 1911658719 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 167
Book Description
This is the story of how Britain’s railway disasters, horrific though they may be, change the network for the better through the crucial lessons that are learned. It starts with fatalities on early mining tramways before the dawn of the steam age and takes the story up to the present day. While many of Britain’s worst tragedies are covered in depth, such as Quintinshill in 1915 and Harrow & Wealdstone in 1952, the book also looks at others that had resounding consequences for safety.
Author: Ian Allan Publishing Publisher: Specialist Marketing International ISBN: 9780711024700 Category : Railroad accidents Languages : en Pages : 192
Book Description
While rail travel is among the safest forms of transport, major incidents have occurred throughout the history of railway travel in Britain. This book looks at the causes of these incidents and the safety changes which resulted from them.
Author: Rosa Matheson Publisher: The History Press ISBN: 0750957018 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 244
Book Description
A safe mode of transport today, the railways were far from vehicles of sleepy commute when they first came into service; indeed, accidents were commonplace and sometimes were a result of something far more sinister. In this fresh approach to railway history, Rosa Matheson explores the grim and grisly railway past. These horrible happenings include memorable disasters and accidents, the lack of burial grounds for London's dead, leading to the 'Necropolis Railway', the gruesome necessity of digging up the dead to accommodate the railways and how the discovery of dynamite gave rise to the 'Dynamite Wars' on the London Underground in the 1880s and 1890s. Join Rosa as she treads carefully through the fascinating gruesome history of Britain's railways.
Author: L. T. C. Rolt Publisher: ISBN: Category : Railroad accidents Languages : en Pages : 320
Book Description
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.
Author: L. T. C. Rolt Publisher: Sutton ISBN: 9780750948074 Category : Railroad accidents Languages : en Pages : 248
Book Description
First published in 1955, this book was the first to record the history of railway disasters and it remains the classic account. Every major accident on British railways between 1840 and 1957 is covered with the evolution of safety developments.
Author: Simon Fowler Publisher: Wharncliffe ISBN: 1473829852 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 146
Book Description
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.
Author: Jonathan Mountfort Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited ISBN: 1445678667 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 181
Book Description
Jonathan Mountfort looks at some of the notable and disastrous accidents and incidents that have taken place in the history of the British rail network.
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