Black boards decorated in gilt on the spine; illustrated with black and white and colour plates. Lightly rubbed on the corners; price intact; no interior markings. The Contents are: Death on the Rails; In the Beginning; The Shock of the New; The Road to Armagh; Tombstone Technology; What About the Workers?; War and Other Disasters; Blood on the Tracks; The Mechanics of Disaster; Let's Blame the Driver; When Tiredness Kills; A Culture of Safety; and The Politics of Safety; followed by an index. Size: 8vo.

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Title

DERAIL: Why Trains Crash

Publisher

Channel Four Books, London

Publication Date

2000

Language

English

ISBN 10

0752271652

ISBN 13

9780752271651

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition.

Condition

Very Good+

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Very Good+

Book Type

Book

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"Derail" is an analysis of the most dramatic, bizarre and terrifying rail accidents over the past 150 years. It asks what lessons have been learned from past disasters and what steps remain to be taken.

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