buffer car
A nonhazardous railroad freight car in a train, typically used to separate locomotives and their crews from freight cars carrying hazardous materials.
Noun
- A nonhazardous railroad freight car in a train, typically used to separate locomotives and their crews from freight cars carrying hazardous materials.
- The buffer car not only puts extra space between the crew and the rest of the train, but it also keeps flammable materials away from a potential ignition source. - 2024, Cody Grivno, “How railroads identify buffer...
- 2022, Laura Sullivan, Mark Raney, Emilio Paleo, Separation Distance of Hazardous Materials Cars and Train Crews and/or Locomotives - Literature Review (Buffer Car Research Study), United States Department of...