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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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  • 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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    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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    A buffer is a part of the buffers-and-chain coupling system used on the railway systems of many countries, among them most of those in Europe, for attaching...
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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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    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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    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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    507 electric multiple unit operated by Merseyrail collided with the buffer stop at Kirkby railway station, Merseyside, United Kingdom. The only injury...
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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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  • buffered is generally not suited to stop-start access of this kind. In terms of concurrent programming, a buffer underrun can be considered a form of...
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    was damaged in a collision with buffer stops at Kirkby in 1991. Unit 507032 was damaged in a collision with buffer stops at Kirkby in 1997. Unit 507019...
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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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    track circuit interrupter may be fitted at catch points, trap points or buffer stops to maintain a track circuit in the 'occupied' state in the event of a...
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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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    utilizes gel and silicone to absorb violent shocks Buffer (disambiguation) Buffer (rail transport) Buffer stop Chapman strut Cushioning Damped wave Damper (disambiguation)...
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    W55034 to crash through the rebuilt wall at the end of the line. The buffer stop destroyed in the 1989 crash had not been replaced. Princeton Branch -...
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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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  • rail worker were injured after a Speno railgrinder failed to stop in front of the buffer stop at Stavoren. A shop lying behind the track was destroyed. 6...
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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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    to the opening of Headbolt Lane, there was one single track, with a buffer stop stopping the trains from meeting. Meaning passengers wishing to go from...
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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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    train's brakes were faulty. In 1987, a Class 508 unit collided with the buffer stop at Kirkby. On 26 October 2005, unit 508124, forming 2W43 17:06 West Kirby...
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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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  • 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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    line 2 as a new straight line towards Rangkasbitung and line 3 as a buffer stop. This station, since April 17, 2013, has been serving Commuter Line (KRL...
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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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  • be shorter than their associated through platforms. They must have a Buffer stop at one end to be a bay platform. Bay and island platforms are so named...
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    the evening of the opening day, a train was unable to stop in time and ran over the buffer stop. The locomotive and the pavement of the transverse platform...
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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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  • 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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