Chapter 8
Freight and Long-Distance Passenger Heavy Rail
Keywords: heavy rail, freight trains, passenger trains, tunnels, stations, bridges, electricity, diesel power, risk assessment, surveillance, weapons of mass disruption, safety, security, trespassing, vandalism, derailments, rails, locomotives, class I railroad, regional railroad, short line railroad, hazardous materials, acutely hazardous materials, toxic inhalation hazards, TIH, high threat urban areas, HTUA
Learning Objectives
After reading this chapter you should be able to
• Identify potential security vulnerabilities in heavy rail systems
• Understand how rail-based, long-distance operations generate vulnerabilities
• Identify hazardous materials and toxic inhalation hazards ...
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