Analysis of derailments by accident cause: Evaluating railroad track upgrades to reduce transportation risk

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2261, 2011, Pages 178-185

  Liu, Xiang ^a   Barkan, Christopher P L ^a   Saat, M Rapik ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERAILMENTS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENTS CAUSE; DERAILMENT RISKS; FREIGHT RAILROADS; INDUSTRY GOVERNMENT; RAIL INDUSTRY; RAIL TRANSPORTATION; TRACK QUALITY; TRACK STRUCTURE; TRAIN DERAILMENT; TRANSPORTATION RISKS;

RAILROAD TRACKS;

EID: 84863297196     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2261-21     Document Type: Article

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