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DIN Standards Committee Railway

Overview

This European Standard EN 16839, Railway applications - Rolling stock - Head stock layout, is applicable to vehicles equipped with buffers and screw coupling systems. In order to allow operation and coupling of trainsets or vehicles, this document specifies the defined free space for the shunter called the "Berne rectangle" and the necessary free space for the installation of the rescue coupler. This European Standard specifies the location, fixing and free spaces on the headstock of: - buffers; - screw coupling systems; - end cocks; - pneumatic half couplings; - connections for electric cables. It also specifies the calculation of the width of the buffer heads. Unless otherwise displayed, all dimensions given in this European Standard are nominal values. This document has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 256 "Railway applications", the secretariat of which is held by DIN (Germany). The responsible German committee is Working Committee NA 087-00-13 AA "Kupplungen, Zug- und Stoßeinrichtungen" ("Coupling devices") at DIN Standards Committee Railway (FSF) and is based on an English reference version. Some parts of this European standard have been copied from EN 16116-1, EN 16116-2, EN 15551 and EN 15566. These parts should be deleted from these standards during the next revision.

Responsible national committee

NA 087-00-13 AA - Coupling devices  

Responsible european committee

CEN/TC 256/SC 2/WG 33 - Coupling devices