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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
Train_buffer
Device to stop trains at end of track
injured – commuter train hits buffer stops. 22 February 2012 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – a commuter train collided with buffer stops at a train station in Buenos
Buffer_stop
Nonhazardous railroad car
flatcars. Buffer cars may be used at both ends of a train, even if a locomotive is not present at both ends. The US and Canada had used five buffer cars to
Buffer_car
Coupling for railway vehicles
compressing the buffer pairs, one left and one right on each headstock. That limits slack, and lessens shunting shocks in moving trains. By contrast, vehicles
Buffers_and_chain_coupler
Part of the coupling system used in some railway systems
long) with no adjustment. These would result in a 'loose-coupled train' in which the buffers of adjacent vehicles would only touch when the coupling chain
Buffer_(rail_transport)
1895 train accident in Paris, France
the buffer stop at its Gare Montparnasse terminus. With the train several minutes late and the driver trying to make up for lost time, the train approached
Montparnasse_derailment
2021 railway crash in the United Kingdom
2021, a Class 507 train operated by Merseyrail collided with the buffer stops at Kirkby railway station in Merseyside, England. The train had passed the
Kirkby_train_crash
Mechanism for connecting rolling stock in a train
tramway practice but were made more regular. Buffers on the frame of the wagon absorbed impact loads, as the train overran a slowing locomotive. The simple
Railway_coupling
Series of connected rail vehicles
bogies. Train vehicles are linked to one another by various coupling systems. In much of Europe, India, and South America, trains primarily use buffers and
Train
Train protection system in the UK and Victoria, Australia
not the same as train stops which accomplish a similar task using electro-mechanical technology. Buffer stop protection using train stops is known as
Train Protection & Warning System
Train_Protection_&_Warning_System
Train that is out of control
runaway train is a type of railroad incident in which unattended rolling stock is accidentally allowed to roll onto the main line, a moving train loses
Runaway_train
Indian train tracking application
Where Is My Train is a mobile application owned by Google LLC that provides real-time tracking and status information for trains operated by Indian Railways
Where_Is_My_Train
Presents "Wise Up" Tags of the Times 3 2002 "Dead Pan" Def Jux Presents 2 "Train Buffer" Urban Renewal "Inner City Hustle" Embedded Studios Presents: The Bedford
Aesop_Rock_discography
Train buffer with couplings
buffer coupling that has found widespread use, especially in narrow-gauge railways. In Switzerland this type of coupling is called a central buffer with
Balance_lever_coupling
on a shotgun). A second way of producing a recoil buffer is to insert a spring into the recoil train—the path/part(s) generating recoil impulse. This spring
Recoil_buffer
2015 West Virginia derailment
oil. The train was composed of two GEVO locomotives, a covered hopper car acting as a buffer car, 107 tank cars, and a single trailing end buffer car, with
2015 Mount Carbon train derailment
2015_Mount_Carbon_train_derailment
1991 train crash in London
On 8 January 1991, a packed commuter train failed to stop and collided with the buffers at Cannon Street station in London, United Kingdom, killing two
Cannon_Street_rail_crash
Fictional steam locomotive
his running board sloped downward, which meant that his front and back buffers were at different heights. This was an illustrator's mistake that was perpetuated
Thomas_the_Tank_Engine
Web browser developed by Google
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Video-sharing platform
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1899 railway incident in the Netherlands
The Vlissingen train accident took place on 2 June 1899 in Vlissingen, Netherlands when a passenger train derailed upon ramming the buffer stop of the Vlissingen
Vlissingen_train_accident
classification used for the power cars of British Rail's InterCity 125 High Speed Train. The power cars were built by British Rail Engineering Limited between 1975
List of British Rail Class 43 (HST) power cars
List_of_British_Rail_Class_43_(HST)_power_cars
Train wreck in Washington, D.C.
(56 km/h) when it struck the buffer stop (the steel barrier at the end of the track). The train crashed through the buffer stop, the stationmaster's office
1953 Pennsylvania Railroad train wreck
1953_Pennsylvania_Railroad_train_wreck
February 27 – Ramses Station rail disaster: An Egyptian National Railways train buffer stop collision and subsequent fire kills at least 25 people at Ramses
2019_in_rail_transport
Railway line in Shanghai using magnetic levitation train
The Shanghai maglev train (SMT) or Shanghai Transrapid (Chinese: 上海磁浮示范运营线; pinyin: Shànghǎi Cífú Shìfàn Yùnyíng Xiàn; lit. 'Shanghai Maglev Demonstration
Shanghai_maglev_train
March – United Kingdom – Kirkby train crash: A Class 507 passenger train operating for Merseyrail overran the buffer stop and derailed at Kirkby. Twelve
List of rail accidents (2020–present)
List_of_rail_accidents_(2020–present)
2013 oil train crash in Québec, Canada
derailed included 63 of the 72 tank cars as well as the buffer car. Nine tank cars at the rear of the train remained on the track and did not explode; emergency
Lac-Mégantic_rail_disaster
Railway safety worker
wheeltapper is a railway worker employed to check the structural integrity of train wheels and that axle boxes are not overheating. Typically employed at large
Wheeltapper
Device at the front of a locomotive to deflect an obstacle from the track
the locomotive frame through the cab ("telescoping"). Bullbar Buffer (rail transport) Buffer stop Headstock (rolling stock) Hyman, Anthony (1982). Charles
Cowcatcher
Rail traffic control systems used in the United Kingdom
of severe service disruption, it was not unusual to see several trains buffer-to-buffer along the line, though this occurred when the line was much busier
UK_railway_signalling
Class of diesel electric locomotives
59001 positioned as a mid-train helper. It was worked to the junction with the main line at Witham Friary in two parts. 59001 buffer-locked with a wagon which
British_Rail_Class_59
Metro station in Spijkenisse, Netherlands
midnight on 2 November 2020, a train empty of passengers, operated by RET, on the Rotterdam Metro crashed through the buffer stop at the end of the sidings
De_Akkers_metro_station
of the buffer stop at Stavoren. A shop behind the track was demolished. January 11, 2011 – An ICE express train collided with a freight train and derailed
List of rail accidents in the Netherlands
List_of_rail_accidents_in_the_Netherlands
2006 film by Claudio Fäh
Meanwhile Griffin drags Maggie to a lab for the buffer (antidote), where he asks her to inject half the buffer in herself, to be sure its safe for him. Turner
Hollow_Man_2
Electric multiple unit operating on the Melbourne rail network
February 2019, EDI Comeng 333M collided with a buffer stop at the end of a stabling siding at Newport. The train was withdrawn from service, previously stored
Comeng_(train)
Automatic coupler for railway use
therefore, they can couple with rolling stock fitted with buffers and chain. The longest and heaviest train with SA3 couplings ran on 20 February 1986 from Ekibastuz
SA3_coupler
Video game series
Ross (23 March 2025). "Train Sim World 5: Thomas & Friends Visit The West Somerset Railway Review (PS5) - Well Bust My Buffers". Finger Guns. Retrieved
Train_Sim_World
British high speed diesel locomotive
Stratford to have the lower valancing removed and buffers fitted. After being fitted with buffers, these power cars began work as surrogate DVTs to work
British_Rail_Class_43_(HST)
Image recognition tool developed by Google
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2024 television sitcom series
Chloe. Connor agrees, but asks that Georgie and Mandy also be there as a buffer. To spend time with everyone, Georgie suggests a brunch for all the mothers
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage
Georgie_&_Mandy's_First_Marriage
Defunct Google database
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Google_Base
Italian railway gadgets
"home signals", which instruct the driver to proceed cautiously towards a buffer stop or an occupied or a very short track. Signals are placed on the left
Italian_railway_signalling
Online tool for synthesizing documents
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pulling faces, usually applied to Janney couplers, and length over buffers. Trains portal Anticlimber Buff strength Bumper Crashworthiness Glossary of
Headstock_(rolling_stock)
Passenger train crash in Barcelona on 28 July 2017
On 28 July 2017, a passenger train crashed into a buffer stop and derailed at Barcelona França station in Barcelona, Spain. Sixty people were injured
2017_Barcelona_train_crash
Railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through a steam engine
locomotives usually have buffers at each end to absorb compressive loads ("buffets"). The tensional load of drawing the train (draft force) is carried
Steam_locomotive
its history. At least 313 people died in 40 train crashes in 2023–24 and 748 people have died in 638 train crashes in the previous ten years. This is an
List of railway accidents and incidents in India
List_of_railway_accidents_and_incidents_in_India
Country in West Asia
withdrew from most of Lebanon in 1986 but continued to occupy a borderland buffer zone in southern Lebanon until 2000, from where Israeli forces engaged in
Israel
Types, methods and safety
Automatic train operation (ATO) is a method of operating trains automatically where the driver is not required or is required for supervision at most
Automatic_train_operation
Railway points used as safety devices
siding leading to some method of stopping a vehicle, such as a sand drag or buffer stop. Wide to gauge trap points have switches that work in opposite directions
Catch_points
London Overground station
with the buffers. 2002 - a train collided with the buffers due to low adhesion. There were no injuries. 12 October 2021 – an 8-car Class 710 train (headed
Enfield_Town_railway_station
2025 Android mobile operating system
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Type of railway accident
absorbing system is the Green Buffer, winners of the 2023 Swedish Steel Prize, where a collapsing steel structure in the buffers dissipate energy similarly
Telescoping_(rail_cars)
radius of 69 ft (21 m). The track features four zigzags and four loops. The train is pulled by steam locomotives, and moves at speeds of between 20–25 km/h
Mountain_railways_of_India
Search engine from Google
Opportunities. John Wiley & Sons. "Soon We Won't Program Computers. We'll Train Them Like Dogs". Wired. Retrieved May 30, 2018. Barakat, Matthew; Liedtke
Google_Search
Chatbot developed by Google
previously being based on LaMDA and PaLM 2. The Gemini architecture is trained natively on multiple data types, allowing the models to process and generate
Google_Gemini
Modelling trains hobby
history. The world's oldest working model railway is a model designed to train signalmen on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. It is located in the
Rail_transport_modelling
from US Army hospital train kitchen cars that had been built by the St. Louis Car Company in 1953, plus power, support and buffer cars. Locomotives were
List_of_armoured_trains
Ongoing conflict since 2014
Pentagon reported an increased number of 10,000 North Korean soldiers sent to train in Russia and fight in the war. On 13 November, both the US and South Korea
Russo-Ukrainian_war
Israeli-American cloud information security company
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Railway station in Lublin, Poland
sending short long-distance trains in the same directions as platform 1 and local trains to Dęblin. It is ended with a buffer stop. Platform 1b - It used
Lublin_Główny_railway_station
American business executive (born 1973)
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Neal_Mohan
Ongoing armed conflict in the Middle East
of the press. On 19 March, the IDF said that it had created a "partial buffer" and partially recaptured the center of the Netzarim Corridor. On 23 March
Gaza_war
Indian Railway passenger class electric locomotive
transition couplers which are compatible with both screw coupling and centre-buffer coupling.[original research?] In February 2017, Banaras Locomotive Works
Indian_locomotive_class_WAP-7
1999 British aid mission during the Kosovo War
The Kosovo Train for Life carried aid from the United Kingdom to Pristina, Kosovo, in September 1999 in connection with the United Nations Kosovo Force
Kosovo_Train_for_Life
2026 Android mobile operating system
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Android_17
Current phase of war ongoing since 2014
were "advancing in every direction" and that the goal was to create a "buffer zone" for embattled border regions. The White House said on 7 June that
Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)
Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022–present)
When a new system is adopted instantly
the buffer of experienced staff (activity in the grey box) by inviting applicants for the buffer. Then the users can be trained and the trained users
Big_bang_adoption
North-South Korean border barrier
move their troops back 2,000 m (1.2 miles) from the front line, creating a buffer zone 4 km (2.5 mi) wide. The Military Demarcation Line (MDL) goes through
Korean_Demilitarized_Zone
Series of language models developed by Google AI
ubiquitous baseline in natural language processing (NLP) experiments. BERT is trained by masked token prediction and next sentence prediction. With this training
BERT_(language_model)
American named passenger trains (1936–1959)
for a family of daytime streamliner passenger trains operating between midwestern cities. The Mercury train sets were designed by the noted industrial designer
Mercury_(train)
Train accident in Egypt on 27 February 2019
morning of 27 February 2019, in Cairo's main train station, Ramses Station, a locomotive hit the buffers at the end of the track at platform 6 at high
Ramses_Station_rail_disaster
British class of bi-mode locomotives
and diesel electric multiple units for push-pull train operation – the reason for retractable buffers. Being built to the Hastings Line gauge, the locomotives
British_Rail_Class_73
Brand of smart laptops created by Google
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Country in Northwestern Europe and the Caribbean
lacked a distinct governmental structure of their own. They were used as a buffer zone between the Republic and the Spanish-controlled Southern Netherlands
Netherlands
of rail accidents in France. The attack on the Thalys train on 2015 is not listed, since no train accident occurred. List of rail accidents by country
List of rail accidents in France
List_of_rail_accidents_in_France
Open-source web browser project
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Chromium_(web_browser)
Chemical compound
adenosine diphosphate (ADP), turning it back into ATP. Creatine also acts as a buffer. It has the nominal formula (H2N)(HN)CN(CH3)CH2CO2H and in solutions, exists
Creatine
British public relations executive (born 1968)
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Rachel_Whetstone
1975 London Underground train crash
depressed when the train entered the overrun tunnel, throwing up sand from the drag; when the driver's cab crashed into the hydraulic buffer, the carriage
Moorgate_tube_crash
1997 and 1999 Tōkai nuclear plant events
tank. The buffer tank's tall, narrow geometry was designed to hold the solution safely and to prevent criticality. The workers bypassed the buffer tanks entirely
Tokaimura_nuclear_accidents
Railway incident in Sweden
set of buffer stops and crashed into a block of flats in Saltsjöbaden, Sweden. The cleaner was at first suspected of having "stolen" the train, but was
2013_Saltsjöbanan_train_crash
Large language model developed by Google
stages. Unlike other LLMs, Gemini was said to be unique in that it was not trained on a text corpus alone and was designed to be multimodal, meaning it could
Gemini_(language_model)
des Bundes: Zugentgleisung in Peine" [Investigation report of the EUB: train derailment in Peine] (PDF) (in German). EUB. 4 November 2013. Retrieved
List_of_German_rail_accidents
German express train service
Dresden-Altstadt on express services and in November 1942 was given standard train and buffer equipment. Its operating parameters only showed a slight reduction
Henschel-Wegmann_Train
Company logo
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American multinational technology company
using content from news outlets in France without proper disclosure to train its AI, Bard, now renamed Gemini, violating a previous commitment to negotiate
Australian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
Buffering (foaled 5 November 2007) is a retired Australian Thoroughbred racehorse. A gelding, Buffering is one of the highest-money-earning horses in
Buffering_(horse)
Chinese artificial intelligence company
random reads. It uses Direct I/O and RDMA Read. In contrast to standard Buffered I/O, Direct I/O does not cache data. Caching is useless in this case, since
DeepSeek
Cloud-based presentation software
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passenger train rear-ended another train at Geldenhuis, injuring 226 people. 22 January – Australia – A passenger train collided with a buffer stop at Richmond
List of rail accidents (2010–2019)
List_of_rail_accidents_(2010–2019)
Under-construction passenger rail system in the US
(320 km/h). The Authority plans to operate trains at 220 miles per hour (350 km/h); with a conventional 10 percent buffer for testing, this requires a top speed
California_High-Speed_Rail
Station in Merseyside, England
station had a history of trains colliding with the buffer stops. These included crashes before the installation of the Train Protection & Warning System
Kirkby_railway_station
English actress, author (born 1987)
musician Ben Haddon-Cave, died by electrocution while drunkenly train surfing atop a freight train running adjacent to the London Overground's Mildmay line.
Jessie_Cave
Family of large language models by Google
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British train identifier
their position (on the buffer beam or smokebox) indicated the routing. Historically train reporting numbers were used to denote trains in the internal working
Train_reporting_number
French general and emperor (1769–1821)
Confederation of the Rhine, a collection of German states intended to serve as a buffer zone between France and Central Europe. The creation of the confederation
Napoleon
Indian Railways train
Kuppam on 21 May 1967. The train, which left Bangalore at 6 pm, did not stop at the railway station and went on to hit the buffers at the end of the loop
Island_Express_(train)
Blended learning platform by Google
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made from defective materials. On 20 August 1855, a passenger train collided with the buffer stops at a speed of 3 miles per hour (4.8 km/h) due to driver
List of accidents and incidents at London King's Cross railway station
List_of_accidents_and_incidents_at_London_King's_Cross_railway_station
TRAIN BUFFER
TRAIN BUFFER
Girl/Female
Indian
Hill
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : topographic name for someone who lived near an ash tree or ash wood, from Old French fraisne, fresne ‘ash’ (Latin fraxinus).French : habitational name from a place in Vosges named Frain.
Male
Vietnamese
Vietnamese name TRAI means "oyster."
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit, Telugu
Rain; Grain
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Dreain ‘descendant of Drean’, a byname possibly from dreán ‘wren’. The name is also found in Scotland.Irish (Cork) : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Druacháin (see Drohan).English : from Middle English dreine ‘drain’, ‘ditch’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a ditch digger or a topographic name.English : variant spelling of Drane.French : reduced form of Derain, from Old French dererain ‘last’, hence a nickname for the youngest son of a family.French : habitational name from a place in Maine-et-Loire called Drain.
Boy/Male
English
Cut in two.
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : metonymic occupational name for a trapper or hunter, from Middle English trayne, Old French traine ‘guile’, ‘snare’, ‘trap’.English (Devon) : topographic name from Middle English atte trewen ‘at the trees’, or a habitational name from any of the places named with this phrase, for example Train, Traine, or Trewyn, all in Devon.
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : variant of Crehan.English : variant spelling of Crane.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Raine.German : topographic name from Middle High German rein ‘margin’, ‘boundary’, or a habitational name from a place in Bavaria named with this word.
Boy/Male
English
Follower.
Female
English
Modern English name, either derived from from the vocabulary word, or a revival of the medieval English personal name Rayne, RAIN means "queen." Compare with masculine Rain.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Grain
Girl/Female
Tamil
Grain
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Chinese, English, Latin
Abundant Blessings from Above; Ruler; Queen
Boy/Male
American, Australian, German, Irish
High; Noble
Girl/Female
English
Blend of Tara 'high hill' and Erin 'from Ireland. '.
Girl/Female
American, British, English, Hebrew, Irish
Of the Earth; Blend of Tara and Erin; From Ireland; Rocky Hill
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
Knight's Attendant; Follower
Boy/Male
Australian, British, English
Sparkle
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, English, Jamaican
Cut in Two; Divided in Two
TRAIN BUFFER
TRAIN BUFFER
Girl/Female
Hindu
Queen
Girl/Female
Tamil
People, Race
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
God's Love
Boy/Male
Scottish
From the summer pasture.
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Praising Allah, commendable
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : variant of Norris.English : variant of Northey.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
Everything Possible to her; Goddess Durga
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Norfolk)
English (mainly Norfolk) : unexplained.German : from a pet form of Hann, short form of Johann (see John).
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English
Wasteland
TRAIN BUFFER
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TRAIN BUFFER
n.
Anything drawn behind in long undulations; a train.
v. t.
To teach and form by practice; to educate; to exercise; to discipline; as, to train the militia to the manual exercise; to train soldiers to the use of arms.
v.
The after part of a gun carriage; the trail.
v. t.
To lead or direct, and form to a wall or espalier; to form to a proper shape, by bending, lopping, or pruning; as, to train young trees.
n.
Turn; tendency; inborn disposition. Cf. 1st Strain.
v. i.
To prepare by exercise, diet, instruction, etc., for any physical contest; as, to train for a boat race.
a.
To draw with force; to extend with great effort; to stretch; as, to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship; to strain the cords of a musical instrument.
v. t.
To draw along; to trail; to drag.
v. t.
To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.
a.
Belonging to train oil.
n.
The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains.
v.
A roll train; as, a 12-inch train.
v.
Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in a train for settlement.
n.
Anything drawn out to a length; as, the trail of a meteor; a trail of smoke.
a.
To injure in the muscles or joints by causing to make too strong an effort; to harm by overexertion; to sprain; as, to strain a horse by overloading; to strain the wrist; to strain a muscle.
v.
A distinguishing or marked feature; a peculiarity; as, a trait of character.
a.
A sort of spice, the grain of paradise.