Railway Safety : Block Safeworking

• Railway Safety Book 2
• Railroad accidents — History.
• Railroads — Signaling — Block system.
• Railroads — Safety appliances.
• Railroad engineering.
• Railroads.
• Accident countermeasure.
• Safety.
• Signal.
• Vehicle spacing.
• Scheduling.

• 1. An introduction to signal safety
• 2. Tailgating trains – sight and time interval separation
• 3. Separation by distance – space-interval or block working
• 4. Manual block safeworking
• 5. Timetables and train orders
• 6. Train order systems – their hazards and improvements
• 7. Single lines – British approach
• 8. Electric signalling – principles and systems
• 9. Automatic block system failures
• 10. The Gary, Indiana commuter train crash.

xxviii, 334 p. : illusts., map ; 25 cm.