bufferbeam

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A form of buffer beam — A transverse metal beam at each end of a rail vehicle on which buffers, couplings, brake pipes etc. are mounted.

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Meanings

nounbufferbeam (plural bufferbeams)

plural bufferbeams

  1. alternativeAlternative form of buffer beam.

    The bufferbeam is another factor that must be carefully considered. The buffing and coupling centre is 3ft 5½in above rail level and the beam carries not only buffers and drawgear but a jumble of train connections such as jumpers and pipes.

    1961 May, B. A. Haresnape, “Design on the railway: Part Three”, in Trains Illustrated, page 301
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