Railway Disasters
Fowler, Simon
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.
Thể loại:
Năm:
2013
In lần thứ:
1
Nhà xuát bản:
Wharncliffe Books
Ngôn ngữ:
english
Trang:
138
ISBN 10:
1473831016
ISBN 13:
9781473831018
Loạt:
Images of Transport
File:
EPUB, 39.74 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2013