Chris M
Member
In post #286 of the Kirkby derailment thread @357 posted a video of a combined hydraulic/friction buffer stop test.
There is a collection of videos of various different types of stops being tested at https://hydeparknow.uk/2020/06/24/buffer-crash-tests-1/ and https://hydeparknow.uk/2020/06/24/buffer-crash-tests-2/
Perhaps most spectacular is one from the Netherlands where buffer stop proves to be sturdier than the track:
There is a collection of videos of various different types of stops being tested at https://hydeparknow.uk/2020/06/24/buffer-crash-tests-1/ and https://hydeparknow.uk/2020/06/24/buffer-crash-tests-2/
Perhaps most spectacular is one from the Netherlands where buffer stop proves to be sturdier than the track: