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    A buffer stop, bumper, bumping post, bumper block or stopblock (US), is a device to prevent railway vehicles from going past the end of a physical section...
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    A buffer is a part of the buffers and chain coupler system used on the railway systems of many countries, among them most of those in Europe, for attaching...
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    March 2021, a Class 507 train operated by Merseyrail collided with the buffer stops at Kirkby railway station in Merseyside, England. The train had passed...
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    16:00 on 22 October 1895 when the Granville–Paris Express overran the buffer stop at its Gare Montparnasse terminus. With the train several minutes late...
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    science, a circular buffer, circular queue, cyclic buffer or ring buffer is a data structure that uses a single, fixed-size buffer as if it were connected...
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  • fast; approached a reduction in permissible speed too fast; approached buffer stops too fast. TPWS is not designed to prevent signals passed at danger (SPADs)...
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  • telecommunications Buffer stop, a device that keeps rail vehicles on tracks Buffer wheel, a device used to smooth a workpiece's surface Digital buffer, an electronic...
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    Michael Buffer (born November 2, 1944) is an American ring announcer (or "MC") for boxing, professional wrestling, and National Football League events...
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    A trap road with stops is a short dead-end siding leading to some method of stopping a vehicle, such as a sand drag or buffer stop. Wide to gauge trap...
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  • because the data being buffered is often not suited for stop-start access of this kind. In terms of concurrent programming, a buffer underrun can be considered...
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  • Train buffer may refer to: Buffer (rail transport) Buffer stop This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Train buffer. If an internal...
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    Hejaz railway in Jordan in 1959 CX50 (Numbers 81-85) Unit load device Buffer stop Earth Drill Machine Diesel generator Portable Generators Electric Welding...
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    through a buffer stop at West Kirby. Two people were injured. On 30 June 2009, a train ran away at Kirkdale, running through a buffer stop and colliding...
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  • after derailing". BBC News. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020. "Buffer Stop Collision at Kirkby Station". GOV.UK. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 23 March...
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    signals", which instruct the driver to proceed cautiously towards a buffer stop or an occupied or a very short track. Signals are placed on the left...
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    was wider than the standard tube tunnel width of 3.7 metres (12 ft). A buffer stop, which had once been hydraulic, but had not been functioning as such...
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  • Nashville Railroad. Serious buffer stop accident at Frankfurt-am-Main inspires development of Rawie range of energy-absorbing buffer stops. Narrow gauge Ferrocarril...
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  • 4:00 pm on 22 October 1895, the Granville–Paris Express overran the buffer stop at its Gare Montparnasse terminus. In their confrontation with the Station...
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    into rotting rail ties. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Derail. Buffer stop Catch points Kellenberger 1919, p. 208. Kellenberger 1919, p. 203. 49 CFR...
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    paramedics after London Overground train hits buffer stops at Enfield Town". RailAdvent. 12 October 2021. "Buffer-stop collision at Enfield Town". Rail Accident...
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  • arriving at the St Enoch terminal station failed to stop in time and collided heavily with the buffer stop, sustaining severe damage. Thirteen people were...
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  • Automatic train stop or ATS is a system on a train that automatically stops a train if certain situations occur (unresponsive train operator, earthquake...
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  • rail worker were injured when a Speno railgrinder failed to stop in front of the buffer stop at Stavoren. A shop behind the track was demolished. January...
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  • be shorter than their associated through platforms. They must have a buffer stop at one end for safety. Bay and island platforms are so named because...
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    passengers were slightly injured when a Class 156 train ran into the buffer stop at Sudbury. The 6:05 pm service from Marks Tey was travelling at a speed...
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    moving over the locomotive frame through the cab. Bullbar Buffer (rail transport) Buffer stop Headstock (rolling stock) Hyman, Anthony (1982). Charles...
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    Investigation Branch. Retrieved 21 June 2017. Passenger train collision with buffer stop at Preston station, 1 April 2017 (PDF). Rail Accident Investigation Branch...
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  • crash: A Class 507 passenger train operating for Merseyrail overran the buffer stop and derailed at Kirkby. Twelve people sustained minor injuries. 26 March...
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    waiting room at street level. The single track was retained, with a buffer stop stopping the trains from meeting. Passengers wishing to go from one service...
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    on 8 January 1999. On 10 January 2022, a passenger train ran into the buffer stop at New Cross. "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. April...
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