Derail: Why Trains Crash by Nicholas Faith - 08/11/2000

Pan Macmillan, 2000. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Hardback. Very Good.

Channel 4 Books, 08/11/2000. Hardcover. Used; Good. Wear & Tear to cover **WE SHIP WITHIN 24 HRS FROM LONDON, UK, 98% OF OUR ORDERS ARE RECEIVED WITHIN 7-10 DAYS. We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.

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London: Channel Four Books, 2000. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo. 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. .

Channel 4 Books, 2000-08-10. hardcover. Very Good. 6x1x9. First edition. Book is in very good condition. All pages are intact and unmarked. Unclipped dust jacket.

London England: Channel 4 Books. Railways are by far the safest means of land transport. As a result, the public is deeply shocked when, as is inevitable, there is a major disaster on the rails. Such tragedies can have many causes: brakes fail; signals are disregarded; drivers are inattentive, tired - or even drunk; on level crossings drivers grow impatient waiting for the train to pass, or their vehicles are simply too slow. Derail is an unprecedented analysis of many of the most dramatic, bizarre and terrifying rail accidents of the past 150 years. In the nineteenth century, terrible crashes like those at Versailles in 1842 and Armagh in 1889 led to better safety regulations, and the phenomenon of post-traumatic shock disorder recognized the psychological impact of crashes. Above all, Derail provides some answers to the crucial questions posed in the last twelve years since the disaster at Clapham in 1988: what lessons have been learned from past disasters? What has been done, and what steps remain… Read More

London: Channel 4 Books. Ex-library with front endpaper removed and stamp to rear endpaper. Jacket in clear wrapper with catalogue label to spine. Minimal wear, a crisp and clean copy. . Good. Hardcover. 2000.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

UNSPECIFIED VENDOR, 2000-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!