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Report United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. Bureau of Safety Affichage du livre entier - 1949 |
Report United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. Bureau of Safety Affichage du livre entier - 1920 |
Report United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. Bureau of Safety Affichage du livre entier - 1950 |
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1.-Condition of safety air brakes air Cars Alabama appliances on cars arrival at terminals Atlanta Baltimore & Ohio Block Inter brakes on trains Burlington & Quincy cab signals Carolina carriers cars and locomotives cars Locomotives Total cars Passenger-train cars Cars set Central Railroad Chicago & St Chicago River Cincinnati Union Terminal collisions defective safety appliances derailments Detroit District Court Duluth duty longer ended June 30 fiscal year-Continued 1950 Fort Worth Freight cars Passenger-train Genesee & Wyoming Georgia grade crossings Gulf Indiana Inspected tive Defec instances of employees investigated Ironton Joplin Union Depot June 30 Lake Erie locomotives of railroads Locomotives Total Railroad Louis matic matic Nashville Northwestern Number Passenger-train cars Locomotives Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines preceding fiscal year-Continued Railroad Inspected Defec Railway Rock Island Santa Fe spected tive Percent switch TABLE 1.-Condition tems Tennessee terminals from July Texas tive Percent defec Toledo Total Railroad Inspected trolled by air Union Terminal
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Page 10 - ... saving, or endeavoring to save, lives from any wreck, disaster, or grave accident, or in preventing or endeavoring to prevent such wreck, disaster or grave accident, upon any railroad within the United States engaged in interstate commerce...
Page 6 - These inspections have resulted in bringing to the attention of the railroad managements, for necessary corrective action, a large number of unsatisfactory maintenance conditions which have been found to exist.
Page 1 - Gentlemen : — I have the honor to present herewith the Annual Report of the Secretary and Treasurer, for the year ending May i, 1914.
Page 6 - July 1, 1949, two applications were pending for approval of modifications of the rules, standards, and instructions prescribed by our order of April 13, 1939, or for extension of time within which certain sections were to become effective. During the year, 26 such applications were filed, and 28 were acted upon.
Page 1 - This report contains information concerning results of inspection of safety-appliance equipment on railroads, hours of service of railroad employees, installation and inspection of signal systems, interlocking and automatic, train-stop and train-control devices, investigation of railroad accidents, prosecutions for violations of laws administered by the Bureau, as well as other Bureau activities.
Page 8 - Of the collisons investigated, 32 occurred on lines operated by the block system, 11 on lines operated by the timetable and train-order system, and...
Page 2 - These trains had been prepared for departure, yet when afterward tested by our inspectors it was necessary to set out or to repair the brakes on an average of 1.6 cars per train.
Page 2 - ... the number of cars set out, and the number on which brakes were repaired after inspection began in order to procure the percentage of operative brakes shown by the reports of tests.
Page 3 - January 1, 1950, be, and It Is hereby, further amended so as to require that the cars of each respondent which are used In Interchange freight service, and which are not equipped with said power brakes and appliances on December 31, 1949, shall be equipped with said power brakes and appliances, or shall be withdrawn from Interchange freight service, In accordance with the following schedule: Where the number of unequipped cars Is...
Page 1 - Table 1 in the appendix shows separately for the individual railroads the number of freight cars, passenger-train cars, and locomotives inspected, the number found with defective safety appliances, the percentage defective, and data for comparison with the preceding year. A total of...