buffer beam

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  • Rhymes: -iːm

Noun

buffer beam (plural buffer beams)

  1. (rail transport) A transverse metal beam at each end of a rail vehicle on which buffers, couplings, brake pipes etc. are mounted.
    • 1948 November and December, “The Holden 2-4-0 Locomotives of the L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 374, photo caption:
      This locomotive was fitted experimentally with a seat on the front buffer beam, for the inspection of station gardens.

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