Train wrecks a pictorial history of accidents on the main line

Object detail

Accession number

79-0217

Maker

Robert Carroll Reed

Description

Early railroad accidents --The year the disasters began: 1853 -- The horrors of travel -- Derailments -- Head on collisions --Rear end collisions -- Bridge disasters -- Telescopes -- Fires -- Running gear failures- hotboxes and broken parts -- Runaways -- Crossing accidents -- Boiler explosions.

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper

Physical description

183 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 28 cm.

ISBN/ISSN

0517328976

Credit line

Robert Carroll Reed. 1968. Train wrecks a pictorial history of accidents on the main line, 79-0217. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Book Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Other Documents

Production place

New York City New York United States of America North America Americas

Subject: all levels

United States Railroad accidents

Collection type

Published Titles Walsh Memorial Library

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