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Have you ever looked at the way a passenger train sections join together? There is a door on each end and the trains join by an 8" wide rubber boot. It doesn't keep everything out, the door is the next barrier, but it must help.
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Sort of true: There is actually a boot on EACH car. They "meet" and contact each other with metal face plates which are the wear surfaces between them, and there is a lot of sliding between them. You really can't compare this to the boot between the cab and coach, which would only be one piece. There would have to be quite a bit of "slack" in the boot to handle the movement between the cab and coach that an air-ride cab would give. Does this help you?