buffer up

To move (a rail vehicle) so that its buffers are touching the buffers of another rail vehicle.

Verb

  1. To move (a rail vehicle) so that its buffers are touching the buffers of another rail vehicle.
    • The Type 3 will propel the unit on the return working to Bournemouth Central, where it will be buffered up to the remaining units for the journey back to Waterloo. - 1964 November, “The Electrification of BR: 5 The...

Forms

buffers up buffering up buffered up