This has reduced the number of runaway trains, which result when a downhill incline causes a train to accelerate beyond its braking capacity.Networking softwareInadequate brakes are not the only cause of derailments, however.
Chinese officials hope the through-train will bring more professionalism to its stockmarket, which is another way of saying there are lots of derailments at present.
In Japan, they tell speeding bullet-trains to slow down in time to prevent derailments.
Many of the biggest corporate derailments in America during recent decades—among them General Motors, W.R. Grace, Morrison Knudsen, Occidental Petroleum, Westinghouse and Sears, Roebuck---had one serious governance flaw in common: in each of those companies the chief executive was also chairman of the board.
Energy-efficiency and safety are up, and derailments are down.
"There is not a railway in the world that does not have derailments".
"… Yet derailments have been responsible for some of the greatest train wrecks ever".
"Derailments are usually caused by equipment failures," Bibel wrote.
"Poor train handling, incorrectly set track switches, unsecured cars on a hill, shifted loads, vandalism, or obstructions on the track are among the human causes of derailments," Bibel wrote.
"Most derailments are relatively benign, and can be compared to a person walking down the street, tripping, getting back up, and continuing on her or his way," University of North Dakota mechanical engineering professor George Bibel wrote in Train Wreck: The Forensics of Rail Disasters in 2012.
"Derailments can also be caused by flash floods, avalanches, rock slides, and high winds".
