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The Economics Of Railroad Safety
Ian Savage
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Paperback. Series: Transportation, Research, Economics and Policy. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC; KNXC; VFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 391.
The American public has a fascination with railroad wrecks that goes back a long way. One hundred years ago, staged railroad accidents were popular events. At the Iowa State fair in 1896, 89,000 people paid $20 each, at current prices, to see two trains, throttles wide open, collide with each other. "Head-on Joe" Connolly made a business out of "cornfield meets" holding seventy-three events in thirty-six years. Picture books of train wrecks do good business presumably because a train wreck can guarantee a spectacular destruction of property without the messy loss of life associated with aircraft accidents. A "train wreck" ... Read more
The American public has a fascination with railroad wrecks that goes back a long way. One hundred years ago, staged railroad accidents were popular events. At the Iowa State fair in 1896, 89,000 people paid $20 each, at current prices, to see two trains, throttles wide open, collide with each other. "Head-on Joe" Connolly made a business out of "cornfield meets" holding seventy-three events in thirty-six years. Picture books of train wrecks do good business presumably because a train wreck can guarantee a spectacular destruction of property without the messy loss of life associated with aircraft accidents. A "train wreck" ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
Transportation, Research, Economics and Policy
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461375487
SKU
V9781461375487
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