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03959aam a2200445 i 4500 001 E38FD320370411E887D7D95B97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180403010230 008 170719t20182018mduab b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2017012954 020 $a 1421424150 020 $a 9781421424156 035 $a (OCoLC)994262382 040 $a PSt/DLC $b eng $e rda $c UPM $d DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d OCLCA $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d DEH $d UMS $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HE1780 $b .A75 2018 082 00 $a 363.12/2097309045 $2 23 100 1 $a Aldrich, Mark, $e author. 245 10 $a Back on track : $b American railroad accidents and safety, 1965-2015 / $c Mark Aldrich. 264 1 $a Baltimore, Maryland : $b Johns Hopkins University Press, $c 2018. 300 $a xvi, 284 pages : $b illustrations, map ; $c 26 cm. 490 0 $a Hagley library studies in business, technology, and politics 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a The long view: American railroad safety, 1828-1955 -- Off the tracks: the rise of train accidents, 1955-1978 -- On the right track: the long campaign train accidents, 1965-2015 -- "Our goal is zero accidents": work safety in modern times, 1955-2015 -- Passenger safety in modern times, 1955-2015 -- Look out for the train: motorists and trespassers, 1955-2015. 520 $a "The history of American railroad safety divides into three overlapping periods. Down to roughly 1955, safety steadily improved. But as new competition arrived--cars, trucks, and airplanes--economic regulation precluded an effective response; after the mid-1950s profitability eroded and safety worsened. The focus of this book begins in 1965; the carriers were collapsing into bankruptcy and their safety eroding. Worker fatalities and grade crossing accidents increased, while train accidents skyrocketed leading to public outcry. In 1965 Congress responded with a new safety regime under the FRA and NTSB, and in 1970 it federalized all aspects of rail safety and instituted a massive grade crossing program. Despite new federal regulations, train accidents continued to increase, however. The third period begins about 1980. The carriers had been struggling to compete by providing better service and that required better safety. Aid came in 1971 as Amtrak took over money-losing passenger travel while partial economic deregulation occurred from 1976 to 1980. Freed to compete and with the funds and incentives to improve safety, the freight railroads have rapidly improved technology, cutting train and work accidents spectacularly. These were largely the result of private market incentives, for accidents were very expensive; regulation has mostly reinforced best practice. The main contributions of public policy have been support for research and development and funding for grade crossing safety. Thus, the thesis of this work is that it was not inadequate safety regulation but rather stifling economic regulation that had caused safety to collapse, while the turnaround after 1980 resulted not from tighter safety regulation but the return of more competitive railroading."--Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Railroad accidents $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Railroad accidents $z United States $x Prevention. 650 0 $a Railroads $x Safety regulations $z United States. 650 0 $a Railroads $z United States $x Safety measures. 650 7 $a Railroad accidents. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01088560 650 7 $a Railroad accidents $x Prevention. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01088566 650 7 $a Railroads $x Safety measures. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01089169 650 7 $a Railroads $x Safety regulations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01089174 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210304010958.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E38FD320370411E887D7D95B97128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search