Railtunes Posted January 7, 2016 You'd be right about the buffers on older stock as Japan did use them up until - when was it, exactly: one weekend in 1923 or so?- when they made the great conversion to knuckle couplers. If you'd like to see the AsiaNRail article, contact me directly and I can send you the files with the AsiaNRail article: <pei@sonic.net> - Paul Ingraham Share this post Link to post