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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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The best reference which covers worldwide rail accidents,
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This review is from: Railway Disasters of the World: Principal Passenger Train Accidents of the 20Tj Century (Hardcover)
This book is perhaps the only one of its kind; it gives details of all major railroad disasters over the world from 1900 to the early 1990s.The author has attempted to cover all accidents with 20 or more deaths in the specified period. Well documented and has many interesting photographs. Recommended to all with an interest in railroad history.
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ESSENTIAL FOR ANY TRAIN BUFF,
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This review is from: Railway Disasters of the World: Principal Passenger Train Accidents of the 20Tj Century (Hardcover)
Peter Semmen's book gives accounts of nearly every train wreck of the Twentieth Century up to 1990. He also includes sections on wartime disasters and boiler explosions. How much of this one reads will depend on one's interest, but it is valuable enough as a reference tool alone. I agree with the author that too much time is spent looking for people to punish following a disaster. It is the systems that need reform, usually not the engineers.
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Railway Disasters of the World: Principal Passenger Train Accidents of the 20Tj Century by Peter W. B. Semmens (Hardcover - Dec. 1994)
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