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buffer cars

buffer cars is the plural of buffer car.

Meaning of buffer car

Noun

buffer car (plural buffer cars)

  1. (US) 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 service cars”, in Trains Magazine

Questions about buffer cars

What is buffer cars the plural of?
Buffer cars is the plural of buffer car.

Words near buffer cars in the dictionary

  1. buffelheads
  2. buffer
  3. buffer beam
  4. buffer beams
  5. buffer car
  6. buffer cars
  7. buffer lass
  8. buffer lasses
  9. buffer overflow
  10. buffer overflows
  11. buffer overrun

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