Headstock (rolling stock)

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For other uses, see Headstock (disambiguation).
Buffer beam / headstock (painted red) fitted with buffers and chain coupler and air hoses on the front end of a German steam locomotive

A headstock of a

head end power
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Length over headstocks

A commonly used measurement relating to a rail vehicle is its length over headstocks, which is the length of the vehicle excluding its couplings or buffers (if any).[2] Alternative expressions for length over headstocks are length over coupler pulling faces, usually applied to Janney couplers, and length over buffers.

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References

  1. ^ "Glossary". Railway Technical Web Pages. Railway Technical Web Pages. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  2. ISBN 1847286437
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