Red for Danger: A History of Railway Accidents and Railway Safety
- ISBN-10
- 0715383620
- ISBN-13
- 9780715383629
- Category
- Transportation / Railroads / History
- Pages
- 307
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1982
- Publisher
- David & Charles
- Author
- L. T. C. Rolt
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.
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- 2009
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- History PressLtd
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