What is BS EN 16839 - Head stock layout for railway application about?
BS EN 16839 discusses railway application. BS EN 16839 is a European standard that provides a headstock layout for rolling stock in railways.
BS EN 16839 outlines the location, fixing, and free spaces on the headstock of:
Buffers
screw coupling systems
end cocks
pneumatic half couplings
connections for electric cables
BS EN 16839 also specifies the calculation of the width of the buffer heads
Note 1: Unless otherwise displayed, all dimensions given in this European Standard are nominal values.
Note 2: Some parts of BS EN 16839 are copied from EN 16116–1, EN 16116–2, EN 15551 , and EN 15566 . These parts are meant to be deleted from these ENs during their next revision.
Who is BS EN 16839 - Head stock layout for railway application for?