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• Regulations and transportation; report of the third workshop on national transportation problems. (1975), by 3rd Workshop National Transportation Problems (page images at HathiTrust)
• Transportation system safety methodology. First year final report. (1976), by Michael Horodniceanu, Edmund J. Cantilli, M. Shooman, and Louis J. Pignataro (page images at HathiTrust)
• Annotated bibliography of rail transit safety, 1975-1980, with emphasis on safety research and development. Final report. (1981), by R. J. Pawlak, R. M. Snow, and M. E. Metcalf (page images at HathiTrust)
• Transportation safety: opportunities for enhancing safety across modes. Testimony before the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, Committee on Public Works and Transportation, House of Representatives. (1994), by K. M. Mead (page images at HathiTrust)
• The U.S. Department of Transportation's comprehensive truck size and weight study. Volume III: scenario analysis. (2000) (page images at HathiTrust)
• TRANSIS - Transportation Safety Information System - design concept. Final report. Phase I. (1973), by Thomas R. Shaw (page images at HathiTrust)
• Review of safety related statutory authority administered by the Department of Transportation. Interim report. (1973), by David S. Glater and Nancy Accola (page images at HathiTrust)
• Study summary - project TRANSIS phase II. Preliminary report. (1973), by Thomas R. Shaw, Peter L. Suto, and Linda Grant (page images at HathiTrust)
• TRANSIS phase II. Attachment I - specifications for maintenance of summary statistical data. Preliminary report. (1973), by Thomas R. Shaw, Peter L. Suto, and Linda Grant (page images at HathiTrust)
• TRANSIS phase II. Attachment II - specifications for future improvement of TRANSIS. Preliminary report. (1973), by Thomas R. Shaw, Peter L. Suto, and Linda Grant (page images at HathiTrust)
• TRANSIS phase II. Part A - U.S. transportation safety performance. Preliminary report. (1973), by Peter L. Suto, Thomas R. Shaw, and Linda Grant (page images at HathiTrust)
• Safety and automatic train control for rail rapid transit systems. Final report. (1974), by R. J. Pawlak, A. M. Colella, N. Knable, R. H. Robichaud, and E. Donald Sussman (page images at HathiTrust)
• An assessment of the crashworthiness of existing urban rail vehicles. Volume I: analyses and assessments of vehicles. Chapters 1 through 7. Final report. (1975), by R. J. Cassidy and D. J. Romeo (page images at HathiTrust)
• An assessment of the crashworthiness of existing urban rail vehicles. Volume III: train-collision model users manual. Final report. (1975), by David J. Segal (page images at HathiTrust)
• Intermodal safety research needs report of the sixth workshop on national transportation problems. (1976), by 6th Workshop National Transportation Problems, ed. by A. J. Warshawer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Manpower analysis in transportation safety. Final report. (1977), by C. S. Bauer, H. M. Bowden, C. A. Colford, P. J. DeFilipps, J. D. Dennis, A. K. Ehlert, H. A. Popkin, G. F. Schrader, and Q. N. Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• Assessment of the Department of Transportation's systems safety plan. (1982) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rail transportation: Federal Railroad Administration's new approach to railroad safety. (1997) (page images at HathiTrust)
• FHWA study tour for road safety audits. Part 1 -- final report. (1997), by Michael F. Trentacoste, Patti Boekamp, Martin E. Lipinski, Greg Schertz, Thomas Werner, Leanna Depue, David Manning, James Shanafelt, and Eugene M. Wilson (page images at HathiTrust)
• FHWA study tour for road safety audits. Part 2 -- case studies and checklists. (1997), by Michael F. Trentacoste, Patti Boekamp, Martin E. Lipinski, Greg Schertz, Thomas Werner, Leanna Depue, David Manning, James Shanafelt, and Eugene M. Wilson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Truck safety: Motor Carriers Office's activities to reduce fatalities are likely to have little short-term effect. Statement of Phyllis F. Scheinberg, Associate Director, Transportation Issues, Resources, Community and Economic Development Division. (1999), by P. F. Scheinberg (page images at HathiTrust)
• The U.S. Department of Transportation's comprehensive truck size and weight study. Volume I: summary report. (2000) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The U.S. Department of Transportation's comprehensive truck size and weight study. Volume II: issues and background. (2000) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The U.S. Department of Transportation's comprehensive truck size and weight study. Volume IV: guide to documentation. (2000) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Protecting public surface transportation against terrorism and serious crime: continuing research on best security practices. (2001), by Brian Michael Jenkins and Larry N. Gersten (page images at HathiTrust)

• Railroad Safety: U.S.-Canadian Comparison (OTA-T-95; 1979), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (page images at HathiTrust)

• Description of an Artificial Hand (also includes his "Practical Remarks on Aerial Navigation" and "Essay on the Means of Promoting Safety in Railway Carriages"; London: Tyler and Reed, 1845), by George Cayley (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Standard form of questions and answers on the air brake : comprising both the Westinghouse and New York systems, for beginners and advanced students. ([New York?, 1905]), by Air Brake Association (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Modern air-brake practice : its use and abuse; a book of instruction on the automatic high speed and straight air brake. Together with questions and answers covering a complete air brake examination for enginemen, trainmen and motormen / by Frank H. Dukesmith. Profusely illustrated with engravings furnished by the Westinghouse, New York and Dukesmith Air Brake Companies. (Chicago : F.J. Drake & Co., 1906), by Frank H. Dukesmith (page images at HathiTrust)
• Regulations for the use and care of the Westinghouse automatic air brakes [electronic resource]. (Montreal : [s.n.], 1883), by Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada (page images at HathiTrust)
• Description of and instructions for working the continuous automatic vacuum brake [electronic resource]. ([Canada? : s.n., 1883?]), by Great Western Railway Company (Canada) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instruction pamphlets : no. T. 5000-5024. (New York : [s.n.], 1904), by New York Westinghouse Traction Brake Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Air brake hand book; a reference book containing Interstate commerce commission rules and American railway association requirements covering the inspection, testing and repairs of air brake equipment on locomotives and cars, as well as the instructions and devices necessary to comply with these rules and requirements; also tables and other useful data. (Altoona, Pa., The Times Tribune Co., 1929), by Lester George Plank, American Railway Association, and United States Interstate Commerce Commission (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Introduction to the study of air brakes, (Pittsburgh, Westinghouse Air Brake Company, [1909]), by Walter V. Turner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Westinghouse automatic brake catalogue, 1886 [electronic resource]. (Pittsburgh, 1886), by Westinghouse Air Brake Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Westinghouse automatic brake catalogue, 1890 [electronic resource]. (Pittsburgh, Pa. : Westinghouse Air Brake Co., 1890), by Westinghouse Air Brake Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• 400 questions and answers on the Westinghouse no. 6 "ET". 1909. (Boston : Air Brake Association, [1909]), by Westinghouse Air Brake Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Questions and answers on the UC equipment. (N.Y. : Air Brake Assoc, c1921), by Air Brake Association (page images at HathiTrust)
• Code for testing air operated auxiliary devices on locomotives. (N.Y. : Air Brake Assoc, c.1920), by Air Brake Association (page images at HathiTrust)
• Questions and answers on handling of trains, passenger and freight. (N.Y. : Air Brake Assoc, c.1920), by Air Brake Association (page images at HathiTrust)
• The principles and design of foundation brake rigging. (New York : The Air brake association, c1921), by Air Brake Association (page images at HathiTrust)
• The effect of brake-beam hanging upon brake efficiency : being a paper presented before the New York Railroad Club, November 18th, 1897 / (Pittsburgh, Penna : Westinghouse Air Brake Co., 1907), by R. A. Parke, Westinghouse Air Brake Company, and New York Railroad Club (page images at HathiTrust)
• Treatise covering operation, defects and remedies of the locomotive, Westinghouse and New York air-brake : also questions and answers to first, second and their year's progressive examinations /, by J. R. MacDonald (page images at HathiTrust)
• Experiments showing the amount of efficiency to be obtained by automatic vacuum brakes. ([s.l. : s.n.], 1882), by Limited Westinghouse Brake Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 121--air brake systems : hearings before the Subcommittee on Governmental Efficiency and the District of Columbia of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, first- session .... (Washington : U.S. Print. Off., 1978-), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Governmental Efficiency and the District of Columbia (page images at HathiTrust)
• Supplement to the volume Air brake of The science of railways, (Chicago, The World railway publishing company, 1908), by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Westinghouse quick-action automatic brake equipment / (Pittsburgh, Pa. : The Company, 1911), by Westinghouse Air Brake Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Final report of the Assembly Interim Committee on Transportation Safety. ([Sacramento] Assembly of the State of California, [1963]), by California. Legislature. Assembly. Interim Committee on Transportation and Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation Safety (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Air brakes / ([Pittsburgh, Pa. : Westinghouse air brake co., 1908-1916]), by Walter Victor Turner and Samuel William Dudley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Air brake text for engineers and firemen; a complete treatise on the Westinghouse and New York air brake and signal systems, air brake practic [!] and train handling. (Chicago, F. McArdle and H. Helmholtz, 1909), by Fred ed McArdle, ed. by Henry Helmholtz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Benton's instructor; practical and theoretical experience of air brake, mechanical examination & locomotive up-to-date ([Birmingham, Ala., American Printing Company, c1913]), by William Francis Benton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Air brakes; an up-to-date treatise on the Westinghouse air brake as designed for passenger and freight service and for electric cars, with rules for care and operation, (Chicago, American Technical Society, 1918), by Llewellyn V. Ludy and American Technical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proceedings of the annual convention of the Air Brake Association. (Chicago [etc.] Air Brake Association.), by Air Brake Association (page images at HathiTrust)
• The air brake as related to progress in locomotion : being a paper presented before the Franklin Institute, November 17th, 1910 / (Pittsburgh, Pa. : Westinghouse Air Brake Company, [1911]), by W. V. Turner, Samuel Matthews Vauclain, Pa.) Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, and Westinghouse Air Brake Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Standard form of questions and answers on the Westinghouse air brake for beginners and advanced students. ([New York?], 1913), by Air Brake Association (page images at HathiTrust)
• The air brake, its construction and working. (Chicago : Cropley Phillips company, 1917), by Marshall M. Kirkman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Brake tests; a report of a series of road tests of brakes on passenger equipment cars made at Absecon, New Jersey, in 1913. (Altoona, Penna., 1913), by Pennsylvania Railroad. Test Dept (page images at HathiTrust)
• Demonstration of heavy tonnage train handling : to illustrate the handling of 16,000 tons back of locomotive tender in regular train service : between Princeton, W.Va., and Roanoke, Va. May 24, 25, 26 and 27, 1921 / ([S.l.] : Westinghouse Air Brake Co., [1921]), by Westinghouse Air Brake Company and Virginia Railway Company (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Proceedings of annual convention. ([S.l. : s.n.]), by Air Brake Association (page images at HathiTrust)
• Maintenance of air brake and air signal equipment on locomotives and cars : adopted as standard 1925 : revised 1933 and 1934. (Washington, D.C. : Association of American Railroads, 1935), by Association of American Railroads. Mechanical Division (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Smith's further facts on et equipment and locomotive running (San Diego, Cal., Southwest press, [c1912]), by Charles Robert Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• Twentieth century triple air brake questions and answers, (Buffalo, N.Y. [The A.T. Brown printing house], 1905), by Ernest Burgess (page images at HathiTrust)
• Straight air brakes ; Automatic air brakes ; Electric brakes and signals ; Mechanical instructions ; Operating instructions ; Trial equipment ; Armature repair work ; Maintenance of equipment ; Electrical measurements and tests. (Scranton : International Textbook Company, c1907), by International Correspondence Schools and International Textbook Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Enginemen's manual : intended for the engineer, fireman, or mechanic who wishes to extend his knowledge of the locomotive or air brake : questions and answers for instruction and examination / (Louisville, Ky. : W.P. James Pub. Co., 1917, c1916), by W. P. James (page images at HathiTrust)
• Complete air brake examination questions and answers; Westinghouse, New York; (Chicago, Drake, c1911) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Davis air brake reference book, ([Columbus, O., Printed by Spahr & Glen], c1915), by William Rectar Davis and Galen Daniel Bishop (page images at HathiTrust)
• The air brake; its construction and working ... forming one of the series of volumes comprised in the Revised and enlarged edition of "Kirkman's Science of railways" ... (Chicago, Cropley Phillips Company, 1916-), by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (page images at HathiTrust)
• The air brake, its use and abuse; a book of instruction on the automatic air brake. (Marshall, Tex., F.H. Dukesmith, 1902), by Frank H. Dukesmith (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Air brake tests, ([Wilmerding, Pa.] Westinghouse air brake company, [1904]), by Pittsburgh Westinghouse air brake company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Air-brake pumps ; Triple valves and brake valves ; Air brake troubles ; Operating and testing trains ; Foundation brake gear ; Air-signal system ; High-speed brake. (Scranton : International Textbook Co., c1906), by International Correspondence Schools (page images at HathiTrust)
• Westinghouse air brake ; New York air brake ; Car lighting ; Car heating ; Electric headlight. (Scranton (Pa.) : International Textbook Co., c1902), by International Correspondence Schools (page images at HathiTrust)
• [The Westinghouse & New York air brakes-- The science of railways] (New York, Chicago, The World railway Pub. Co., 1903), by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (page images at HathiTrust)
• N.Y. air-brake pumps ; N.Y. triple valves and brake valves ; N.Y. air-brake troubles ; Train operation ; N.Y. foundation brake gear ; N.Y. air signal and high-speed brake. (Scranton, International textbook co., c1900-06), by International Correspondence Schools (page images at HathiTrust)
• "HSC" high-speed brake equipment for types "A," "B," and "C" Diesel locomotive units and cars with individual speed governor control; a practical textbook for the instruction of locomotive engineers and firemen, (Chicago, American technical society, 1945), by Carl Mac Drennan, American Technical Society, and Westinghouse Air Brake Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rules and instructions governing operation and maintenance of air brakes, communicating signal system, standard and oscillating electric headlights, heating, air conditioning, water systems, lighting, and oscillating red rear end lights: Diesel-electric road locomotives, streamline train trailing cars, passenger train cars equipped with HSC brake equipment, and Diesel-electric switch locomotives. ([Omaha], c1947), by Union Pacific Railroad Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Standard form of questions and answers on the air brake, comprising both the Westinghouse and New York systems, for beginners and advanced students. ([New York?, 1905]), by Air Brake Association (page images at HathiTrust)
• A treatise on the locomotive and the air brake; (Scranton, The Colliery engineer co., 1900-01), by International Correspondence Schools (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Westinghouse automatic brake catalogue, 1890. (Pittsburgh, Pa. : [s.n.], 1890), by Pittsburgh Westinghouse Air Brake Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• A textbook on the Westinghouse air brake. (Scranton, Pa. : International Textbook Co., 1900), by International Correspondence Schools (page images at HathiTrust)
• The air brake catechism and instruction book on the construction and operation of the Westinghouse and the New York air brakes, with a list of examination questions for enginemen and trainmen, ([Grand Rapids? Mich.], c1910), by Clinton Barker Conger (page images at HathiTrust)
• Braking power and how figured on freight and passenger cars. (Eugene, Or. [Printed by Shelton-Turnbull-Fuller co.], c1938), by Frank A. Chilton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bulletin ... ([Altoona, Pa.], 1905-1924), by Pennsylvania Railroad Compnay. Test Dept (page images at HathiTrust)
• Up-to-date air brake catechism; the only practical and complete work published, treating on the equipment manufactured by the Westinghouse Air Brake Company ... (New York, N.W. Henley Pub. Co., 1911), by Robert H. Blackall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Supplement to the volume Air brake of The science of railways, (Chicago, Cropley Phillips company, 1910), by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (page images at HathiTrust)
• 1908. Air brake catechism and instruction book on the construction and operation of the Westinghouse and New York air brakes with a list of examination questions and answers for enginemen and trainmen. ([Port Jervis, N.Y., Press of the Tri-states Publishing Co., 1908]), by V. C. Randolph (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proceedings, report, opinion, and order increasing percentage of air brakes in trains used on railroads engaged in interstate commerce in the United States / ([Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1908]), by United States Interstate Commerce Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Note sur l'application du frein Westinghouse au matériel de la compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest. ([Paris, 1881]), by Jules Morandière (page images at HathiTrust)
• Developments in air brakes for railroads : with a brief review of past and present operating conditions : being a paper presented before the New York Railroad Club, April sixteenth, 1909 / (Pittsburg[h], Pa. : Westinghouse Air Brake Co., 1909), by W. V. Turner, Samuel William Dudley, and Westinghouse Air Brake Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Operation of trains on heavy grades. Report of safety appliance inspectors to the Interstate Commerce Commission. (Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1907), by United States Interstate Commerce Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tests of the automatic straight air brake on the Norfolk & Western railway, (Washington, Govt. print. off., 1923), by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. Bureau of Safety (page images at HathiTrust)
• The air-brake; (Chicago, American school of correspondence, 1913), by Ill.) American School (Lansing and Llewellyn V. Ludy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nichols' Standard railroad textbook, (Portland, Or., Railroad Textbook Co., 1941), by Clarence E. Nichols (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The air brake as related to progress in locomotion and other papers. ([Pittsburgh, Westinghouse air brake company, 1908-1911]), by W. V. Turner and Westinghouse Air Brake Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Air brake magazine. (Meadville, Pa. : The Air Brake Magazine Co.), by Frank H. Dukesmith (page images at HathiTrust)
• Diseases of the air brake system, (Chicago, The W. F. Hall printing company, 1894), by Paul Synnestvedt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evolution of the air-brake. (New York, "Locomotive engineering,", 1895), by Paul Synnestvedt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Motorman's practical air brake instructor; a concise up-to-date treatise on the construction and operation of the different air brake equipments used in modern electric transportation, (Chicago, F. J. Drake & co., [c1909]), by George R. Denehie (page images at HathiTrust)
• The air brake inspector's handbook, (New York, N.Y., Chicago [etc.] Simmons-Boardman Pub. Co., [c1924]), by Carl O. Glenn (page images at HathiTrust)
• National air brakes; manual of installation & maintenance. (Milwaukee, National brake & electric co., [c1907]), by National brake & electric co (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chalk talks; air brake study course. (New York, Simmons-Boardman Books, [1954-), by Carl Mac Drennan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Maintenance of air brake and air signal equipment on locomotives and cars. (Chicago, 1926), by American Railway Association (page images at HathiTrust)
• Up-to-date New York air brake catechism / (New York : N.W. Henley & Co., 1904), by Robert H. Blackall (page images at HathiTrust)
• 24-RL locomotive brake equipment : instruction pamphlet no. 5066. August, 1950. (Wilmerding, Pa., c1950), by Westinghouse Air Brake Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 121, air brake systems [microform] : hearings before the Subcommittee on Governmental Efficiency and the District of Columbia of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, first and second sessions ... (Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1977-1978), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Governmental Efficiency and the District of Columbia (page images at HathiTrust)
• Encyclopedia of railroading ... (Chicago, National text book company, [c1910]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Modern air brakes, (Chicago, Ill., Griffin & Winters, 1924), by Charles Leo McShane (page images at HathiTrust)
• The air brake catechism and instruction book on the construction and operation of the Westinghouse air brake and the New York air brake, with a list of examination questions for enginemen and trainmen, (Grand Rapids, Mich., Dean-Hicks Printing Co., c1906), by Clinton Barker Conger (page images at HathiTrust)
• New York and Westinghouse air brakes, (Chicago, Griffin & Winters, 1905), by Chas. McShane and John T. Hoar (page images at HathiTrust)

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