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Re: More Questions from Another Train Newbie
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Sat, 20 Nov 1999 02:19:55 GMT
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James Powell wrote:
> Yes, that is a buffer. Comes from british practice, where the buffers transmit
> the force, vs NA where the coupler is used to transmit the force.
Bzzt.
In reverse, perhaps, or when slack is bunching, but in basic forward
motion the couplers, and only the couplers, transmit the force. This is
true on both sides of the big pond. There is no connection between the
buffers of one car and the one behind it, so therefore no possible way
to transmit pulling force.
Thanks for playing, though.
PS, it's not just british practice to have buffers, it's on the
Continent too, and in a number of other places influenced by british,
french or german colonies (except for Canada where American technology
pretty much usurped the puny eurostuff)
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