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passenger car: Definition and Much More from Answers.com (4531 words) |
 | These cars resembled coaches in their short wheelbase and exterior design, but were equipped with nets on the sides of the cars to catch mail bags while the train was in motion. |
| Cars built for European use featured side door compartments, while American car design favored a single pair of doors at one end of the car in the car's vestibule; compartmentized cars on American railroads featured a long hallway with doors from the hall to the compartments. |
| On some dome cars, the lower portion was built as a galley, where car attendants used dumbwaiters to transfer items between the galley and a dining area in the dome portion of the car. |
| LGB WP&Y passenger, baggage and combine cars (293 words) |
| The classic dome car is the centerpiece of any diesel-era passenger consist, and this colorful coach adds to the attraction with the Southern Pacific's blazing "Daylight" livery. |
| Each of the cars in this set is prototypically painted and marked, based on the livery and lettering applied when the Deutsche Reichsbahn took control of the lines after World War II. |
| Each car is numbered and lettered individually, a reflection of the daily variety of railroading life on Rügen. They’re a perfect addition to any of the Rügen locos in the LGB program. |
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