The Hixon railway disaster : the inside story
Westwood, Richard (Richard John)2017
Book
This is the shocking true story behind the botched introduction of Automatic Half-Barrier level-crossings into Britain. January 1968 saw the convening of the first Parliamentary Court of Inquiry into a railway accident in Britain since the Tay Bridge Disaster nearly a century before. Why was this? Because Britain's 'Railway Detectives', the Railway Inspectorate, who would normally investigate all aspects of railway safety, were also in charge of the introduction of automatic Continental-style, level-crossings into this country.
Main title:
The Hixon railway disaster : the inside story / Richard Westwood.
Author:
Westwood, Richard (Richard John), author
Imprint:
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Transport, 2017.
Collation:
120 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781473884434 (hbk)
Dewey class:
363.1220941363.122094
Language:
English
BRN:
2577241