Buffer stop

A stop at the end of a stub track that prevents vehicles from running off the track.

Dutch

stootblok

German

Prellbock

Example

Märklin C track 24977 is an end piece with buffer stop; 24978 is the same with lighting.

Märklin C track: articles, geometry and the track planner

Articles using this term

• Minitrix or Fleischmann piccolo: the differences side by side
• Sidings and buffer stops: why and where
• Terminus or through station?
• An N layout on 100 x 50 cm: what fits?
• Shunting puzzle: designing a small yard
• Hidden staging and fiddle yards: trains out of sight
• Double oval: two trains at once
• Shuttle line: running back and forth without a loop
• An H0 layout on 240 x 120 cm: what fits?
• The oval: the simplest layout and how to expand it
• The Auto-designer: layouts from your own track
• Give your old box of track a second life
• How to make a track plan in seven steps
• An H0 layout on 180 x 90 cm: what fits?
• Märklin C track or Märklin K track: the differences side by side

See also

• Stub track
• Siding
• Gap in the track