sidebuffer
nounEtymology From side + buffer.
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Rail transport, Railways, Transport Especially A buffer mounted at the side, in particular on each side of each end of a rail vehicle.
- Constructional features of the railbus include the use of rubber suspension for axlebox/underframe and underframe/body mountings, the use of B.U.T. power transmission equipment, many components of which are interchangeable with those on British Railways standard railcars, power-operated sliding doors, and an absence of normal sidebuffers or drawgear.1958 April 23, “Diesel Railbus for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 275: