Buffer stop

in Switzerland is designed to move up to to slow down an passenger train from without damaging the train or injuring passengers. 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 of track. The design of the buffer stop is dependent, in part, on the kind of couplings that the railway uses, since the coupling gear is the first part of the vehicle that the buffer stop touches. The term "buffer stop" is of British origin, since railways in Britain principally use buffer-and-screw couplings between vehicles.

in Switzerland is designed to move up to to slow down an passenger train from without damaging the train or injuring passengers.]] 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 of track. The design of the buffer stop is dependent, in part, on the kind of couplings that the railway uses, since the coupling gear is the first part of the vehicle that the buffer stop touches. The term "buffer stop" is of British origin, since railways in Britain principally use buffer-and-screw couplings between vehicles. File:Hayes bumper, Linden, Indiana.jpg|Two views of a Hayes-built bumper at the Linden Railroad Museum, Linden, Indiana. This design accommodates the AAR coupler. File:Buffer stop in Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse (France).jpg|Energy-absorbing buffer stop in France File:QC-STM GarageBeaugrand 20040706-132759 VoieEssai.jpg|A buffer stop or sand drag on the Montreal Metro Honoré-Beaugrand station File:VaughanSubwayTailtrack.png|Bumper at the end of a newer tunnel in the Toronto subway system beyond a terminal station File:Scarborough Buffer Stop.jpg|Simple timber stop at Scarborough

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