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Notes on Railroad Accidents

by Charles Francis Adams

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Chapter I — The Death of Mr. Huskisson
  3. 3Chapter II — The Angola and Shipton Accidents
  4. 4Chapter III — The Wollaston Accident
  5. 5Chapter IV — Accidents and Conservatism
  6. 6Chapter V — Telescoping and the Miller Platform
  7. 7Chapter VI — The Versailles Accident
  8. 8Chapter VII — Telegraphic Collisions
  9. 9Chapter VIII — Oil-Tank Accidents
  10. 10Chapter IX — Draw-Bridge Disasters
  11. 11Chapter X — The Norwalk Accident
  12. 12Chapter XI — Bridge Accidents
  13. 13Chapter XII — The Protection of Bridges
  14. 14Chapter XIII — Car-Couplings in Derailments
  15. 15Chapter XIV — The Revere Catastrophe
  16. 16Chapter XV — Rear End Collisions
  17. 17Chapter XVI — Novel Appliances
  18. 18Chapter XVII — The Automatic Electric Block System
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — Interlocking
  20. 20Chapter XIX — The Westinghouse Brake
  21. 21Chapter XX — The Battle of the Brakes
  22. 22Chapter XXI — The Railroad Journey Resulting in Death
  23. 23Chapter XXII — The Railroad Death Rate
  24. 24Chapter XXIII — American as Compared With Foreign Railroad Accidents

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