A barrier vehicle (BV), barrier wagon, match wagon or translator coach is used to convert between non-matching railway coupler types. This allows locomotives to pull railway vehicles or parts of a train with a different type of coupler. A match wagon has an identical dual coupling at both ends.
coupler compatibility is a real issue with SP trains, so i made a Barrer Vehicle out of a EMD F7A to solve that issue. the front coupler is designed for magnet couplers like those on RailfanEthan's, YarisSedan's, and MRM19's rolling stock. the rear coupler is designed for hinge couplers like those on LunarEclipseSP's, and TheCanauckNamedCody's rolling stock. rechange the colors as you please and you dont need to credit me when you use it.
forgot to mention this but this car is not self propelled and fully gutted like most real Barrier Vehicles. if you want to use a hinge coupler engine you will need to flip this car around and rotate the hinge coupler so it is compatible, attach the car to your engine, and install a magnet in place of the fuselage part on the magnet coupler. i can make one if necessary just ask