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calr (8 posts)
Nov-30-01, 12:49 PM (EST) "Buffers vs. Bumpers??" I see numerous posts in this forum which refer to the steel barriers at the end of tracks as buffers. Throughout my life (56 years) I have always heard these referred to as bumpers. I have been a model railroader for about 25 years and all of the MR literature and catalogs call them bumpers. Who is right or are we all wrong? Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
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Subject Author Message Date ID RE: Buffers vs. Bumpers?? LawrenceKellie Nov-30-01 1 RE: Buffers vs. Bumpers?? sniper297 Nov-30-01 2 RE: Buffers vs. Bumpers?? bnsf4794 Dec-01-01 3 RE: Buffers vs. Bumpers?? michigandon Dec-01-01 4 RE: Buffers vs. Bumpers?? gordonfan Dec-02-01 5 RE: Buffers vs. Bumpers?? calr Dec-03-01 6 RE: Buffers vs. Bumpers?? Blocker Dec-07-01 9 RE: Buffers vs. Bumpers?? VRfan Dec-07-01 7 RE: Buffers vs. Bumpers?? Tepic Dec-07-01 8 RE: Buffers vs. Bumpers?? ace6879 Dec-12-01 10 RE: Buffers vs. Bumpers?? highball5 Dec-12-01 11

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LawrenceKellie (926 posts)
Nov-30-01, 01:40 PM (EST) 1. "RE: Buffers vs. Bumpers??" You say "to-MAY-to," I say "to-MAH-to."Lawrence Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
sniper297 (1019 posts)
Nov-30-01, 09:30 PM (EST) 2. "RE: Buffers vs. Bumpers??" Just a cultural difference, "Two peoples seperated by a common language". American bumpers = British buffers. My first car was an Austin-Healey, it had a bonnet instead of a hood, a boot instead of a trunk, a windscreen instead of a windshield, etcetera, but even tho it had tyres instead of tires they still rolled, and everything worked the same. Machinery ain't as particular about nomenclature as us humanoid types are. Do you say "color" or "colour"?Yankee Doodle
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bnsf4794 (85 posts)
Dec-01-01, 03:06 PM (EST) 3. "RE: Buffers vs. Bumpers??" LAST EDITED ON Dec-01-01 AT 03:07 PM (EST)I figured it out! MSTS is quirky because it was made in a country where they talk funny and drive on the wrong side of the street! I'm just kidding of course, and to tell you the truth, there's one British export I truly enjoy, the BBC sitcoms that PBS runs every Saturday!John from California Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
michigandon (336 posts)
Dec-01-01, 09:05 PM (EST) 4. "RE: Buffers vs. Bumpers??" I thought "buffers" were those round spring-loaded thingies that are part of the coupling system on European rolling stock. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
gordonfan (42 posts)
Dec-02-01, 05:46 PM (EST) 5. "RE: Buffers vs. Bumpers??" I thought that to. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
calr (8 posts)
Dec-03-01, 00:11 AM (EST) 6. "RE: Buffers vs. Bumpers??" It's a big world out there with varying cultures. I guess the name is not so important as long as we all know what we are talking about. My father and I could never agree on the pronunciation of "patio"!MSTS and train simming in general has no boundaries. It is very interesting and educational to see the various cultures represented here in/on this site.Microsoft and Kuju may have released a product with a lot of bugs and design flaws but I thing there was one thing they hadn't planned on. This product has made the world a little smaller. It has brought together people from many parts of the world with a common interest, railroading. It has spawned websites and forums such as this which allow us to exchange ideas and see a little bit about how the "other side" lives and operates. I think it is fantastic considering all the horrible things going on in the world.I, for one, will do my part to contribute what I can and I thank all the thousands of people throughout the world who are doing likewise. Keep up the good work and from a "Yank", have a good day today and a better one tomorrow. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Blocker (90 posts)
Dec-07-01, 08:20 PM (EST) 9. "RE: Buffers vs. Bumpers??" LAST EDITED ON Dec-07-01 AT 08:21 PM (EST)Here in The Netherlands we use the word "buffers" for those round spring-loaded thingies that are part of the coupling system on European rolling stock. Blocker Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
VRfan (44 posts)
Dec-07-01, 09:43 AM (EST) 7. "RE: Buffers vs. Bumpers??" I'm not 100% sure about the rest of Australia, but they're called "buffer stops" in Victoria. --Victorian Railfan Web Site:
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Tepic (33 posts)
Dec-07-01, 05:57 PM (EST) 8. "RE: Buffers vs. Bumpers??" Same in the UK VRFan.They are Buffer stops here, but everybody just shortens it to buffers.Tepic Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ace6879 (404 posts)
Dec-12-01, 01:01 AM (EST) 10. "RE: Buffers vs. Bumpers??" Know what we call them in the USA on the railroad??
End -of - the- track!!!
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highball5 (13 posts)
Dec-12-01, 01:09 AM (EST) 11. "RE: Buffers vs. Bumpers??" I'm not sure what you should call them, you just shouldn't ignore them......
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