A passenger railroad car or passenger car (American English), also called a passenger carriage, passenger coach (British English and International Union...
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A private railroad car, private railway coach, private car, or private varnish is a railroad passenger car either originally built or later converted for...
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A passenger train is a train used to transport people along a railroad line. These trains may consist of unpowered passenger railroad cars (also known...
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refer to: Passenger car (Ferris wheel), a compartment for carrying passengers Passenger railroad car, railway rolling stock for carrying passengers Search...
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train car, train wagon, train carriage or train truck, is a vehicle used for the carrying of cargo or passengers on a rail transport network (a railroad/railway)...
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Amtrak (redirect from National Railroad Passenger Corporation)
National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak (/ˈæmtræk/; reporting marks AMTK, AMTZ), is the national passenger railroad company of...
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Rail transportation in the United States (redirect from U S Passenger Railroads)
to match the cars' new capacities. The average passenger car couldn't get any wider or longer due to side clearances along the railroad lines, but they...
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Women-only passenger cars are railway or subway cars intended for women only. They are a result of sexual segregation in some societies, but also can...
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An observation car/carriage/coach (in US English, often abbreviated to simply observation or obs) is a type of railroad passenger car, generally operated...
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A dome car is a type of railway passenger car that has a glass dome on the top of the car where passengers can ride and see in all directions around the...
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A dining car (American English) or a restaurant car (English), also a diner, is a railroad passenger car that serves meals in the manner of a full-service...
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first-class passengers in 1838. In the spring of 1839, the Cumberland Valley Railroad pioneered sleeping car service in America with a car named "Chambersburg"...
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A buffet car or café car is a passenger railroad car, where food and beverages can be bought at a counter. They provide a lower level of service than...
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combine car in North American parlance, most often referred to simply as a combine, is a type of railroad car which combines sections for both passengers and...
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Kashikodokoro Riding Car (賢所乗御車, かしこどころじょうぎょしゃ) is a Passenger railroad car manufactured by the Japanese Ministry of Railways for the transportation of...
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Troop sleeper (redirect from Kitchen car)
In United States railroad terminology, a troop sleeper was a railroad passenger car which had been constructed to serve as something of a mobile barracks...
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structure made to resemble a passenger railroad car. Steam dummies had some popularity in the first decades of railroading in the U.S., from the 1830s...
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The streamliner cars are a class of streamlined passenger railroad cars built from the 1930s through the 1960s for long distance passenger train services...
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Railway post office (redirect from Railroad post office)
post office, commonly abbreviated as RPO, was a railroad car that was normally operated in passenger service and used specifically for staff to sort mail...
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Auto Train CityNightLine Sleeping car Hard sleeper White, John H. (1985) [1978]. The American Railroad Passenger Car. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins...
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concession). Lounge cars operated by Pullman were exclusively for the use of sleeping car passengers, while those operated by the railroad were available to...
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Handcar (redirect from Manual railroad car)
trolley, pump car, rail push trolley, push-trolley, jigger, Kalamazoo, velocipede, or draisine) is a railroad car powered by its passengers, or by people...
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U.S. railroads, especially on passenger lines. This technology, advanced for its time, is still used by Amtrak. The earliest locomotive and car repair...
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DMUs and at least 60 BEMUs, in total some 140 modern train sets. Passenger railroad cars currently owned by Croatian Railways follow the general Eurofima...
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A dome car is a type of railway passenger car that has a glass dome on the top of the car where passengers can ride and see in all directions around the...
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Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The cars were primarily adopted for passenger service in rural areas with low traffic density or in...
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Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad (H&BTM) (reporting mark HBTM) is a former short line railroad company operating passenger and freight service on standard...
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Parlor cars came about on United States railroads to address the absence of separate class accommodations. In the United Kingdom and Europe, passenger trains...
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35 "Astra Dome" dome cars to the Union Pacific Railroad. January 1961: ACF delivers its last passenger car, (NYCT IRT R28. IRT car), Berwick plant closed...
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The term crew car may also refer to a track speeder. A crew car (also known as a relay van) is a passenger carriage specially fitted out for the use of...
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