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Accidents are shocks to any system, and the railways are no exception. Though Britain's rail network is now among the world's safest, it has been wrought by generations of experiment and occasional tragedy, its reliability developed often in response to particular accidents that demonstrated problems or vulnerabilities. Early incidents like the felling of William Huskisson by Stephenson's Rocket in 1830 led to improvements in signalling and braking methods, and over the years rolling stock, track design and train protection systems have all improved as accident led to action. Greg Morse charts these developments through the events that highlighted their necessity, including the Armagh collision (1889), the Harrow & Wealdstone disaster (1952) and the derailment at Hither Green (1967), ending with the Clapham Junction tragedy of 1988., Accidents are shocks to any system, the railways not excepted. Though Britain's rail network is now among the world's safest, its reliability has been wrought by generations of experiment and occasional tragedy. Early incidents like the felling of William Huskisson MP by Stephenson's Rocket in 1830 led to improvements in signalling and braking methods, and over the years rolling stock, track design and train protection systems have all improved as accident led to action. Greg Morse charts these developments through the events that spurred them on, including the Armagh train fire (1889), the Harrow & Wealdstone collision (1952) and the derailment at Hither Green (1967). Ending with the Clapham Junction tragedy of 1988, it is a story both of tragedy and of our capacity to learn from our mistakes., Britain's rail network is now among the safest in the world, but the journey that brought it to that point has been long and eventful. Early incidents like the felling of William Huskisson MP by Stephenson's Rocket (1830) showed how new ideas could bring new dangers; yet from disaster came new safety measures, and within fifty years better signalling and braking methods had been made mandatory. The twentieth century saw accident repeatedly lead to action and further advances in rolling stock, track design and train protection systems. Greg Morse charts these changes through the events that helped to prompt them, including the Armagh collision (1889) and the Harrow & Wealdstone disaster (1952). He ends with a railway approaching a new 'golden age' in the 1980s - yet with the tragedy at Clapham Junction (1988) offering a solemn reminder against complacency. Book jacket., Though trains are one of the safest forms of transport, train accidents always make headline news. Their history is, in many ways, the history of technological development and learning. Early incidents like the felling of William Huskisson MP by Stephenson's Rocket in 1830 led to the reporting systems we know today, while within 50 years safer signalling and braking methods had been made mandatory. Greg Morse charts these changes, taking the story on through the twentieth century, which saw advances in track design and train protection systems, but which ended with a stark reminder that accidents always have more than one cause.

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