{"product_id":"railroad-collisions-a-deadly-story-george-swimmer-9781517106331","title":"Railroad Collisions, A Deadly Story of Mismanaged Risk","description":"\u003cp\u003eCitizen-advocate George Swimmer spent twenty years investigating the causes behind railroad collisions. What he discovered is a tangled mess of both inadvertent and intentional mismanagement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eRailroad Collisions\u003c\/i\u003e, Swimmer reveals his findings. He faults the railroads themselves for poor risk management, but the industry is by no means the only culpable party. The Federal Railroad Administration's timid dealings with railroad companies impairs meaningful changes, while the National Transportation Safety Board's findings in many of their accident investigations are woefully, fatally incorrect.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom commuter train collisions to engineer fatigue and a nationwide epidemic of incorrectly set safety crossing lights, Swimmer paints a picture of an industry willing to put complacency ahead of safety, often actively working against positive change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSwimmer supports his arguments with concrete examples. His interviews with locomotive engineers and a former safety director are thought-provoking and hard-hitting, while discussions with the parents of children killed in preventable railroad accidents provide a compassionate glimpse into the human cost of mismanaged risk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoing for railway transportation what Ralph Nader's \u003ci\u003eUnsafe at Any Speed\u003c\/i\u003e did for the automobile industry, \u003ci\u003eRailroad Collisions\u003c\/i\u003e is a sobering look at how mismanagement and misinformation endangers lives throughout America's sprawling rail system. This 2018 update includes additional information supporting many of the arguments made in the original publication. The update also analyzes some more recent railroad collisions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Swimmer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517106338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517106331\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/25\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2016","brand":"George Swimmer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44068327162111,"sku":"9781517106331","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dd10be07-8dc8-44b2-b757-f3e74a5e1d46.jpg?v=1685418360","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/railroad-collisions-a-deadly-story-george-swimmer-9781517106331","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}