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A restored CN baggage car in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

A baggage car (often shortened to just baggage) is a type of rail transport passenger car. Its purpose is to carry the checked baggage of the passengers in a passenger train, and is typically coupled at the front of the train close to the locomotives. Because this type of car is usually hauled at the front of a passenger train, it is sometimes classified as "head-end equipment". Download high resolution version (900x450, 107 KB)St. ... Download high resolution version (900x450, 107 KB)St. ... Missing image Canadian National Railways logo or herald (used pre-1960) Missing image Network Map of Canadian National Railway The Canadian National Railway (CN; AAR reporting marks CN, CNA, CNIS), known as Canadian National Railways (CNR) between 1918 and 1960, and Canadian National/Canadien National (CN) from 1960 to present... Map of Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario with Waterloo in red. ... Diesel and electric trains and locomotives replaced steam in many countries in the decades after World War II. Many countries since the 1960s have adopted High-speed railways. ... Restored passenger cars on display at the Mid Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom, WI. A passenger car is a piece of railroad rolling stock that is designed to carry passengers. ... This article is about trains in rail transport. ... Great Western Railway No. ...


Passengers aboard a passenger train are not normally allowed access to a baggage car while a train is in motion.



Rail transport passenger equipment
Head-end equipment Baggage - RPO
Passenger-carrying equipment Coach - Diner - Dome - Lounge - Observation - Pullman - Sleeper
Miscellaneous equipment Combine


 
 

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