Pullmans Derailed
What / Where / How / Why of Sleeping Car Wrecks 1940 - 1968
By Theodore Shrady.
Color laminated hardcover, 8.5x11", i44 pages, photos throughout. 2016.
"Crash! Two passenger trains hit head on! Coaches, diners, lounges and sleeping cars zigzag along the tracks at different angles. People are injured or killed. Trains are at a standstill. Then, Pullman, the Interstate Commerce Commission and railroad inspectors go to work. Masters in their fields, these men examine every aspect of the wreck from different points of view.
"While the material is condensed here, investigator's reports are still in amazing detail. A broken bolt, a cracked center sill or a faulty signal is meticulously recorded. After months of investigation and testimony the cause in found.
"Pullmans Derailed lets the reader follow the inspector's reports through 35 high profile accidents between 1940 and 1968. Relevant accident terminology and procedures used in the investigations are explained with the help of over 200 photographs and illustrations."
