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If there is extra room behind the bumper block, there is usually a sand or ballast drag that is designed to further retard a runaway train. One such accident occurred when a
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887:Book about Buffer Stops in Victoria
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658:"Rails Company – Wheel Stops"
619:Railway Gazette International
548:collided with the buffer stop
73:(US), is a device to prevent
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633:"Aldon railcar wheel stops"
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335:Gare Montparnasse accident
94:buffer-and-screw couplings
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617:"Infrastructure (Iran)".
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287:Honoré-Beaugrand station
151:Moorgate station in 1975
120:during a head-on impact.
1095:Railway electrification
562:Buffer (rail transport)
211:or to chock individual
582:List of rail accidents
544:Kirkby, United Kingdom
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141:Hydraulic buffer stops
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41:This buffer stop at
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818:. January 15, 2013.
587:Retarder (railroad)
532:Pascack Valley Line
524:Hoboken, New Jersey
475:Taft Avenue station
418:22 February 2012 –
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353:– An express train
123:Buffer stops for a
1290:Motive power depot
1244:Signalling control
764:. 22 February 2012
725:. 4 February 2016.
471:Magallanes station
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1061:Passing loop
1041:Pocket track
1026:Balloon loop
990:Ladder track
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63:bumping post
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18:Buffer stops
1194:Buffer stop
1154:Water crane
1066:Track gauge
1005:Tie/Sleeper
768:22 February
742:11 November
597:Wheel chock
479:Taft Avenue
459:Philippines
318:Scarborough
246:AAR coupler
215:on shallow
181:in the UK.
129:SA3 coupler
114:telescoping
55:buffer stop
47:Switzerland
1367:Industrial
1351:Water stop
1312:for trains
1304:Roundhouse
1278:Structures
1264:Train stop
1214:Guard rail
1189:Block post
1177:and safety
1174:Signalling
1105:third rail
1078:Rail track
1071:dual gauge
955:Baulk road
863:NDTV India
794:2024-05-24
704:2018-08-19
643:2018-08-19
604:References
572:Cushioning
513:Bachhrawan
467:MRT Line 3
431:collision.
386:– A train
203:Wheel stop
1317:for goods
1259:Tell-tale
1090:Rail yard
1056:Guide bar
1036:Headshunt
1019:Trackwork
985:Fishplate
975:Date nail
936:(history)
762:Yahoo.com
424:Argentina
280:sand drag
71:stopblock
43:Zurich HB
1406:Category
1372:Military
1329:building
1299:Platform
1209:Derailer
1127:Roll way
1046:Junction
945:Axe ties
868:20 March
816:BBC News
555:See also
539:injured.
506:Varanasi
502:Dehradun
402:Budapest
185:Examples
157:system.
1382:station
1377:Private
1324:Station
1000:Profile
950:Ballast
528:cab car
406:Hungary
366:Germany
360:1902 –
282:on the
223:Gallery
153:on the
136:buffers
116:of the
1144:Switch
1132:Siding
932:Tracks
577:Derail
526:– The
500:– The
455:Manila
440:Sweden
351:France
265:France
217:grades
209:tracks
127:or an
59:bumper
32:Bumper
1360:Types
1339:ghost
1334:clock
1308:Shed
922:Rail
498:India
347:Paris
100:Types
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