Episode 53 – Interlocks and Quintinshill

This episode discusses interlocks in general, and also the application of interlocks to train safety. Britain's worst rail disaster, Quintinshill, is used to illustrate a common pattern in blaming lack of human vigilance and slow adoption of technology for the same accidents.

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Engineers make the news by designing cool things, building great things, or causing spectacular disasters. Apollo 11 is famous for putting astronauts on the Moon - Apollo 13 is famous for putting astronauts in extreme peril. The Curiousity Rover landed on Mars. The Mars Polar Lander crashed iinto Mars. The Golden Gate bridge is a spectacular landmark - the Tacoma Narrows bridge was a spectacular failure. There are place names hardly anyone would know except for the tragic events that happened there. Bhopal, Potters Bar, Chernobyl, Flixborough, Seveso, Fukushima. This is a podcast about how not to be famous.