Tank car buffer cars

[lajry]

Going back to this thread real quick, if a crew is using a shoving platform should they get a buffer car also?

It's the conductor's job to check the train's consist to make sure there are no hazmat, inflammable or loads that might shift. If any are found then other cars are put between them & locomotives or cabooses/shoving platforms). Buffer cars are usually only used on ethanol or flammable crude oil unit trains trains.