This book provides an overview and assessment of the security risks, both manmade and natural, facing the railways and rail networks. Railroads face significant threats from disasters, but with situational awareness and coordinated effort these can often be substantially minimized. Transportation assets have always been vulnerable to natural disasters, but in the current environment these assets are also a preferred target of human-caused disruption, especially in the form of terrorism, as the events in many other parts of the world have underscored. Railways are not a homogeneous mode of transportation given their various roles in intercity and commuter passenger movement, as well as being a major portion of the freight ton-miles upon which the U.S. economy is highly dependent. Designed to provide advice for railway owners and first responders, this text discusses how to secure hazardous material transport and how to establish guidelines for rail freight operations and rail passenger operations. The book aims to develop an understanding of the unique operating characteristics of railways, the nature and the range of vulnerabilities, the present means for protecting the infrastructure, and the public policy initiatives that are prerequisite for developing a comprehensive appreciation of the magnitude of this issue. The book utilizes case studies of transport disasters to illustrate lessons learned and to provide critical insight into preventative measures. This book will be of great interest to students and practitioners of transportation, technology and engineering, and security management.

Railway Security: Protecting Against Manmade and Natural Disasters

Plant, Jeremy F.

Young, Richard R.

Gordon, Gary A.

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Routledge

Lehigh Valley In Color Volume 3. 128 all-color pages, cloth with dust jacket, 8.5x11". "A chronological look back at the Lehigh Valley from the 1940s to Conrail - all in beautiful color! See streamlined steam, FTs in pusher service, PAs in passenger service, much more!"

Lehigh Valley in Color, Vol. 3

Richard T. Steinbrenner

Morning Sun Books

"Allentown, Pennsylvania was the railroad hub of this busy steel, coal and cement producing portion of the country. The region was served by CNJ, LV, RDG, DL&amp;W, L&amp;NE. These roads are visited in more than 250 vintage views. Even President Truman's campaign train is recorded!"

Trackside around Allentown, PA, 1947-1968 with Arthur Angstadt

Arts & Photography

"113 miles of busy double track linking North and South symbolize the RF&amp;P. Operations during the steam and diesel years as well as a chapter on equipment are illustrated in full color."

Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac in color

Morning Sun Books, Inc.

8.5x11, 128 glossy color pages, cloth with dust jacket. "Many photographers featured in the Trackside series ventured into the traditional heart of the PRR in the Fifties and Sixties to capture steam and early diesel operations. The very best of their efforts are shown canvassing an area roughly from Pottsville to Horseshoe Curve."

Trackside on the PRR in Central Pennsylvania

128 all color pages, 8.5x11, cloth with dust jacket. "The pictorial saga of Penn Central is illustrated in almost 250 color photos along the Eastern Seaboard."

Penn Central In Color, Vol. 2: Along the Eastern Seaboard, Boston to Philadelphia

8.5x11, cloth with dust jacket, 128 all color pages. "Washington, DC to the Alleghenies via Philadelphia! See the wide variety of PC operations and motive power in full color."

Penn Central In Color, Vol. 3: From the Potomac to the Alleghenies

8.5x11, cloth bound with dust jacket, 128 glossy pages, color photos throughout. "From high in the Alleghenies just east of Pittsburgh to the western road interchanges in Chicago and St. Louis, the operations of the troubled Penn Central are scrutinized in full color.

Penn Central in Color, Vol. 4: West of the Alleghenies

Handsomely done full color pictorial of the Reading Railroad showcasing the diesel and electric eras. This book takes the reader for a ride along the Reading, visiting all the major stations and branches, the Reading Terminal, the Wilmington &amp; Northern, and the Reading &amp; Columbia. With diesel roster. 128 pages.

Reading Company in Color, Vol. 1

Business & Money

"From the 1950s to Guilford in more than 240 color views of this New England classic! The authors provide a detailed tour of the Maine Central."

Maine Central in Color

Melvin, George F.

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