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Railway Safety : Block Safeworking

Ian Macfarlane, Richard Hope (ed.)
ISBN: 0858258269 Category:

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  • 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.

Additional Information

AuthorIan Macfarlane, Richard Hope (ed.)
PublisherEngineers Australia Pty Ltd, Crows Nest NSW Austra
Year Published2002
Binding Type

Softcover

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