Methods of assessing the record of safety against plain-line derailment of overail freight traffic (TM-FT-67)

This analysis was drawn up in an attempt to answer the two questions:- 1. At a time when railway freight operating methods are improving is the "Million Freight Train - Miles", previously used for comparison with four-wheel vehicle derailments by the Committee Investigating Freight-train Derailments, a reliable guide to...