• America's Strongest Bumping Post

  • For topics on Class I and II passenger and freight operations more general in nature and not specifically related to a specific railroad with its own forum.
For topics on Class I and II passenger and freight operations more general in nature and not specifically related to a specific railroad with its own forum.

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  by Henry119
 
Hello,

I am really interested to know the strongest bumping post or one of the strongest that's out there. In particular, I want to model this and I so I'm trying to build it into a layout and then run the correct number of wagons and speed for it.

I think, when I look at most bumping posts, they don't look to be capable of taking very high speed trains - most of them just seem to be for trains in sidings or freight yards presumably running at very, very low speeds - but perhaps I am wrong? I have also seen bumping posts with an earthen mound in front of them - or even sand - but I guess for these the train will derail before it hits the bumping post? Whereas I'm interested in keeping the train on the tracks.

Any help would be really appreciated.

Thanks!
  by jamoldover
 
The purpose of a bumping post is not to smoothly or gently stop the train. It's to prevent the train from continuing forward - period. Trains are never supposed to hit one. If they do, someone did something wrong.