1st Edition
Railway Security Protecting Against Manmade and Natural Disasters
Foreword, James M. Loy
Preface
1. Introduction to Railroad Security
2. U.S. Railroad Systems Overview
3. Securing the Infrastructure
4. Railroad Policing Efforts
5. Securing Rail Freight Operations I: Securing the Logistics Chain (including intermodal)
6. Securing Rail Freight Operations II: Hazardous Materials
7. Securing Rail Freight Operations III: Hazmat and the Specific Case of Crude Oil and Ethanol
8. Commuter Passenger Rail
9. Intercity Passenger Rail
10. Emergency or Incident Response, Operations, and Security
11. Protecting Rail Infrastructure: Where Do We Go From Here?
Biography
Richard R. Young is Professor of Supply Chain Management at the School of Business Administration, Pennsylvania State University, USA and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport.
Gary A. Gordon (Lt. Col., USA, Ret.) is Adjunct Faculty at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA, and former Assistant Federal Security Director for DHS/TSA, Railroad Specialist for the former ICC, and Assistant Chief Engineer of a Northeast railroad.
Jeremy F. Plant is Professor Emeritus of Public Policy and Administration, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, USA.
