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Buffer stops, Barcelona França station
Buffer stops, Barcelona França station Nice to see a UK company represented on Spanish railways! The hydraulic buffer stops at Barcelona's França station protecting over-running trains are impressive pieces of hardware seen lining the platform ends. They were manufactured by Ransomes & Rapier of Ipswich who were renowned for their engineering skills that were utilised throughout the world including China's first railway from Shanghai to Wusong. Ransomes and Rapier themselves was a company hived off from Ransomes, also in Ipswich, which was better known for the manufacturing of Victorian farming equipment. Keywords: Buffer stops, Barcelona França station
Buffer stops, Barcelona França station Nice to see a UK company represented on Spanish railways! The hydraulic buffer stops at Barcelona's França station protecting over-running trains are impressive pieces of hardware seen lining the platform ends. They were manufactured by Ransomes & Rapier of Ipswich who were renowned for their engineering skills that were utilised throughout the world including China's first railway from Shanghai to Wusong. Ransomes and Rapier themselves was a company hived off from Ransomes, also in Ipswich, which was better known for the manufacturing of Victorian farming equipment. Keywords: Buffer stops, Barcelona França station


Nice to see a UK company represented on Spanish railways!

The hydraulic buffer stops at Barcelona's França station protecting over-running trains are impressive pieces of hardware seen lining the platform ends. They were manufactured by Ransomes & Rapier of Ipswich who were renowned for their engineering skills that were utilised throughout the world including China's first railway from Shanghai to Wusong. Ransomes and Rapier themselves was a company hived off from Ransomes, also in Ipswich, which was better known for the manufacturing of Victorian farming equipment.