What is the use and purpose of the 800,000 lb buff standard for passenger cars? It is my understnding that Europe, Japan, China does not have such a standard. I undersand that it exists in order to assure the integrity of railway post office mail cars? Talgo meets the standard. The old Aerotrain if 1956 did not. How was the Aerotrain permitted to operate?
SAMUEL C WALKERThe old Aerotrain if 1956 did not. How was the Aerotrain permitted to operate?
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SAMUEL C WALKER What is the use and purpose of the 800,000 lb buff standard for passenger cars? It is my understnding that Europe, Japan, China does not have such a standard. I undersand that it exists in order to assure the integrity of railway post office mail cars? Talgo meets the standard. The old Aerotrain if 1956 did not. How was the Aerotrain permitted to operate?
The buff strength standard was an AAR interchange standard designed to allow passenger cars to move freely (just as most freight cars do now) through the system and to be handled in freight trains. When the Feds started issuing standards it was adopted as a safety standard. Aero train and Talgo (of the 50s) were not interchange equipment and there was little chance of them being moved in a freight.
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