HOW TO CREATE A UNIQUE SET OF BUFFERSTOPS
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Q In the June issue of
Model Rail
(MR300), George created a bufferstop from a grounded gunpowder van. He wrote that he’d been unable to find photographic proof that these existed in reality – surely this could never have happened, as they would not offer proper protection compared to a ‘real’ set of stop blocks.
Ray Hoffmann, by email
George says: The responses to my suggestion of utilising a grounded van as a bufferstop have been fascinating. A few readers insisted such a thing was unthinkable and, as I wrote at the time, I’d been unable to find any archive images to prove that they did really exist at Machynlleth goods yard in steam days.