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together to form a large U shape, and larger windows were installed all around the end of the car; earlier designs had square ends with an observation open deck (preserved stock in
Southern Africa, Oceania and many countries elsewhere.) Before these cars were built with steel walls, the observation end of heavyweight cars in the US and Canada resembled a roofed porch area. Larger windows were installed at the observation end on these cars as well. At this end of the car, there was almost always a lounge where passengers could enjoy the view as they watched the track rapidly recede into the distance.
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where mail was sorted while the train was en route. Because these cars carried mail, which often included valuables or quantities of cash and checks, the RPO staff (who were employed by the postal service and not the railroad) were the only train crews allowed to carry guns. The RPO cars were normally placed in a passenger train between the train's motive power and baggage cars, further inhibiting their access by passengers.
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seating within a "bubble" of glass on the car's roof. Budd Co. dome cars used curved glass, whereas
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bench seats; the backs of these seats could be adjusted, often with one hand, to face in either direction so the car would not have to be turned for a return trip. The conductor would simply walk down the aisle in the car, reversing the seat backs to prepare for the return trip. This arrangement is still used in some modern trains.
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partitioned into separate bedroom compartments for passengers. The beds are designed in such a way that they either roll or fold out of the way or convert into seats for daytime use. Compartments vary in size; some are large enough for only a bed, while others resemble efficiency apartments including bathrooms.
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have been widely constructed in urban areas throughout the world since the late 19th century. By the year 1900, electric-powered passenger cars were ubiquitous in the developed world, but they fell into decline after World War II, especially in the U.S. By 2000 they had regained popularity and modern
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in China has arrangements. The seating arrangements and density, as well as the absence or presence of other facilities depends on the intended use – from mass transit systems to long distance luxury trains. Some cars have reclining seats to allow for easier sleeping by passengers not traveling in a
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The end platforms of all passenger cars changed around the turn of the 20th century. Older cars had open platforms between cars. Passengers would enter and leave a car through a door at the end of the car which led to a narrow platform. Steps on either side of the platform were used for getting on or
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in Europe and the UK) is a passenger car which lets the train be run in reverse with the locomotive at the back. It is common on commuter trains in the US, Canada and Europe. This can be important for serving small towns without extensive switching facilities, end train stations, dead-end lines, and
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In India, normal carriages often have double height seating, with benches (berths), so that people can sit above one another (not unlike a bunk bed). In other countries, true double decker carriages are becoming more common. The seats in most coaches until the middle of the 20th century were usually
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the trucks, rather than resting completely on top with a simpler straight chassis design. This improved design is seen in many passenger cars today, especially double decker cars. The low floor enables easy access for bicycles, strollers, suitcases, wheelchairs and those with disabilities, which is
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construction). A portion of the car, usually in the center, is split between two levels, with stairs leading both up and down from the train's regular passenger car floor level. The lower level of the dome usually consisted of a small lounge area, while the upper portion was usually coach or lounge
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Several construction details characterized passenger equipment. Passenger trains were expected to run at higher speeds than freight service, and therefore passenger trucks evolved to allow superior ride and better tracking at those speeds. Over time, in most cases provision was made for passengers
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Some dome cars were built with the dome extending the entire length of the car (a "full dome" car), while others had only a small observation bubble. There were also combination dome-observation cars built which were meant to be the last car on the train, with both rear observation and the dome up
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Although passengers generally are not allowed access to the baggage car, they were included in a great number of passenger trains as regular equipment. The baggage car is a car that was normally placed between the train's motive power and the remainder of the passenger train. The car's interior is
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Like baggage cars, railway post office (RPO; US term) cars or travelling post offices (TPOs; British term) were not accessible to paying passengers. These cars' interiors were designed with sorting facilities that were often seen and used in conventional post offices around the world. The RPO is
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Pennsylvania Railroad developed 'The Keystone' 7 car set of cars with their own attached (head end) power car in the late 1950s. It was mostly used between New York City and Washington, DC. Boarding was at the normal platform level, at the end of the cars, with the
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American operator), these cars provide sleeping arrangements for passengers travelling at night. Early models were divided into sections, where coach seating converted at night into semi-private berths. More modern interiors are normally
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Lounge cars carry a bar and public seating. They usually have benches, armchairs or large swivelling chairs along the sides of the car. They often have small tables for drinks, or may be large enough to play cards. Some lounge cars include small pianos and are staffed by contracted musicians to
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The observation car almost always operated as the last car in a passenger train, in US practice. Its interior could include features of a coach, lounge, diner, or sleeper. The main spotting feature was at the tail end of the car – some more modern US designs had walls of the car usually curved
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railroads were normally between 60 ft (18.3 m) and 70 ft (21.3 m) long. The cars of this time were still quite ornate, many of them being built by experienced coach makers and skilled carpenters. In the United States, the so-called "chair car" with individual seating became
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In some countries, such as Russia, convicts are transported from court to prison or from one prison to another by railway. In such transportation a specific type of coach, prisoner car, is used. It contains several cell compartments with minimal interior and commodities, and a separate guard
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was one such freight company). Some baggage cars included restroom facilities for the train crew, so many baggage cars had doors to access them just like any other passenger car. Baggage cars could be designed to look like the rest of a passenger train's cars, or they could be repurposed
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Articulated cars have a number of advantages. They save on the total number of wheels and trucks, reducing costs and maintenance expenses. Further, movement between cars is safer and easier than with traditional designs. Finally, it is possible to implement tilting schemes such as the
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Passenger cars are as almost as old as railroading itself, and their development paralleled that of freight cars. Early two axle cars gave way to conventional two truck construction with the floor of the car riding above the wheels; link and pin couplers gave way to automatic types.
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began experimenting in the 1940s with technology that would enable the axles to steer into a curve, allowing the train to move around the curve at a higher speed. The steering axles evolved into mechanisms that would also tilt the passenger car as it entered a curve to counter the
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compartment. Usually the windows are of nontransparent opaque glass to prevent prisoners from seeing outside and determine where they are, and windows usually also have bars to prevent escapes. Unlike other passenger cars, prisoner cars do not have doors at the ends of the wagon.
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where there wasn't necessarily enough traffic to economically justify single-purpose cars. As lightweight cars began to appear on railroads, passenger cars more frequently combined features of two or more car types on one car, and the classic heavyweight combine fell out of use.
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to concerns about fire in the tunnels it was building to access
Manhattan's Pennsylvania Station, which opened in 1910. Other railroads followed because steel cars were safer in accidents. During a transition period, some railroads put steel frames underneath wooden cars.
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The most basic division is between cars which do carry passengers and "head end" equipment. The latter are run as part of passenger trains, but do not themselves carry passengers. Traditionally they were put between the locomotive and the passenger-carrying cars in the
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European manufacturers for the
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The compartment coach is similar to a corridor coach but without the corridor. Each compartment is totally separated from the other compartments, with no movement between them. Entry and exit from each compartment is only possible when stopped at a station.
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top. Dome observation cars came in both round end, and square end versions. The Union
Pacific, in the US, was the primary user of square-end observation cars, prior to Amtrak, although the Burlington Route had several square-end cars of stainless steel.
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In both arrangements carry-on baggage is stowed on a shelf above the passenger seating area. The opening into the cars is usually located at both ends of the carriage, often into a small hallway – which in railway parlance is termed a
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floor directly on level with the loading platform, instead of having a step up to the passenger compartment as was traditional until around the 1970s. This is achieved by having a low-slung chassis with the "low floor" resting
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cannot be uncoupled without special equipment because the individual cars share trucks. This gives modern trains a smooth, coherent appearance because all the cars and often the engines share a similar design and paint scheme.
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experienced by the train, further increasing speeds on existing track. Today, Talgo trains are used in many places in Europe and they have also found a home in North America on some short and medium distance routes such as
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equipped with high-speed trucks and passenger train steam and air connections. A special type of baggage car came equipped with doors on one end to facilitate transport of large pieces of equipment and scenery for
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restaurants in America). At first, the dining car was simply a place to serve meals that were picked up en route, but they soon evolved to include galleys in which the meals were prepared. The introduction of
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design which allow the train to lean into curves. The chief disadvantage is that failure of a single car disables the entire set, since individual cars cannot be readily switched in and out of the consist.
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to transfer items between the galley and a dining area in the dome portion of the car. In the United States, the Union Pacific railroad was the primary user of dome dining cars in the pre-Amtrak era.
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cars). Cars used on long-distance passenger trains could combine features of any of the basic car types, while cars used in local commuter service are often strictly coach types on both levels.
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were also used in lightweight car construction, but stainless steel was the preferred material for car bodies. Stainless steel cars could be and often were, left unpainted except for the car's
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Lounge cars are an important part of the appeal of passenger trains when compared to aircraft, buses and cars; there is more space to move around, socialize, eat and drink, and a good view.
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for car bodies. The typical passenger car was now much lighter than its carbon-steel cousins of old, though still much heavier than nineteenth-century wooden cars. The new "lightweight" and
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has a dome). In the 1960s and 1970s countries around the world started to develop trains capable of traveling in the 150–200 mph range, to rival air travel. One of the first was
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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. American
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travel and entertainment. There are various configurations, but the cars generally have an observation platform and include a full kitchen, dining room,
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allowed passengers not only to enter and exit the train protected from the elements, but also to move more easily between cars with the same protection.
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and processing plant. They were usually shorter, older cars, and equipped with stove heaters, as no trainline steam heating was provided.
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trains in the western United States. The purpose of a drovers' car was to accommodate the livestock's handlers on the journey between the
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design as well as by many other railroads and manufacturers. By 2000, double-deckers rivaled single level cars in use around the world.
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3239:Observation
3209:Compartment
2816:White 1985b
2746:White 1985a
2649:Bilevel car
2416:diesel cars
2355:articulated
2303:Articulated
2243:state rooms
2222:Private car
2198:and on the
2103:Bilevel car
2076:dumbwaiters
2036:control car
2030:Control car
1962:baggage car
1952:Combine car
1833:Roadrailers
1807:Express car
1720:resgodsvagn
1699:Baggage car
1657:Trailer car
1597:Observation
1453:Compartment
1413:Compartment
1410:Open/Saloon
1020:streamlined
939:Fred Harvey
903:Pullman car
770:baggage car
760:. The term
642:Terminology
587:Attractions
574:Miscellanea
410:Locomotives
368:Track gauge
361:Maintenance
2870:2014-10-10
2732:2022-08-15
2705:2010-11-21
2677:References
2589:Parlor car
2542:automobile
2404:light rail
2351:light rail
2294:vestibules
2196:California
2117:Superliner
2019:fast train
1993:in Germany
1928:immigrants
1886:Český Brod
1851:stock cars
1801:horse cars
1677:locomotive
1580:dining car
1560:Superliner
1548:Lounge car
1536:restaurant
1526:Dining car
1520:Dining car
1438:open coach
1432:Open coach
1424:Open coach
1207:dining car
1101:Superliner
928:vestibules
909:circa 1900
880:Royal Mail
878:Britain's
848:resembled
833:pulled by
774:dining car
758:passengers
592:By country
543:Interurban
538:Light rail
383:Dual gauge
334:Management
277:Trenitalia
263:lounge car
259:Superliner
121:newspapers
50:improve it
3329:Motorized
3254:Passenger
3219:Couchette
3166:Horse car
3026:(1985) .
2998:(1985) .
2988:1541-809X
2955:(2000) .
2639:Air brake
2566:Charabanc
2553:capacitor
2549:insulator
2496:Colza oil
2370:Low-floor
2359:low-floor
2353:vehicle (
2339:Low-floor
2140:livestock
1839:Horse car
1684:trainsets
1681:passenger
1588:café cars
1584:Café cars
1564:low-floor
1500:Composite
1479:vestibule
1446:hard seat
1416:Composite
1310:Charabanc
1261:Car types
1235:Amsterdam
1142:Pendolino
1084:in 1971.
1039:roomettes
993:Sastamala
813:Restored
617:Modelling
597:Companies
582:Accidents
405:Operating
339:Rail yard
202:talk page
56:talk page
3365:Category
3300:Crew car
3290:Autorack
3259:Roomette
3214:Corridor
3204:Colonist
2916:(1968).
2891:(2014),
2559:See also
2438:and the
2249:trains.
2067:aluminum
2053:Dome car
2047:Dome car
1813:consists
1782:box cars
1679:-hauled
1612:PeruRail
1231:Brussels
1172:and the
1162:Slovenia
1158:Portugal
1111:company
1099:for the
1024:Aluminum
980:in 2003.
964:CB&Q
871:and the
664:Vactrain
454:Wheelset
214:May 2013
196:You may
3350:Railbus
3346:Railcar
3310:Private
3295:Combine
3274:Smoking
3199:Bilevel
3151:Baggage
2945:1301983
2528:. Now,
2446:Tilting
2408:subways
2394:Railcar
2377:between
2348:Siemens
2204:Florida
1938:Combine
1817:boxcars
1769:baggage
1730:in 1988
1722:of the
1373:bilevel
1370:Finnish
1354:benches
1282:consist
1166:Finland
1140:is the
1109:Spanish
1051:bilevel
997:Finland
905:on the
888:coaches
861:British
842:England
800:History
752:) is a
637:Suicide
622:Museums
553:History
531:History
509:Freight
311:History
135:scholar
3249:Parlor
3234:Lounge
3224:Dining
3097:French
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2113:Amtrak
2072:galley
1960:and a
1796:Juliet
1675:, and
1557:Amtrak
1542:Lounge
1532:galley
1351:wooden
1293:trucks
1243:Berlin
1239:Geneva
1223:London
1215:France
1195:) and
1184:Amtrak
1178:tracks
1150:Alstom
1138:Europe
1097:Amtrak
1086:Amtrak
1082:Amtrak
835:horses
831:wagons
784:cars.
744:), or
560:Maglev
422:Trains
267:Amtrak
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1958:coach
1791:Romeo
1728:Malmö
1360:Coach
1227:Paris
1211:ICE 1
1193:Talgo
1154:Italy
1125:, to
1113:Talgo
1070:Talgo
916:truck
854:axles
565:Urban
204:, or
142:JSTOR
128:books
3269:Slip
3244:Open
3229:Dome
3095:(in
3078:The
3038:ISBN
3010:ISBN
2984:ISSN
2961:ISBN
2941:OCLC
2922:ISBN
2901:ISBN
2797:ISBN
2615:Tram
2486:The
2430:and
2313:TGVs
2311:Two
1972:and
1874:and
1793:and
1673:EMUs
1669:DMUs
1570:car)
1247:Rome
1049:and
1047:dome
1026:and
892:RPOs
780:and
772:, a
768:, a
740:and
526:Tram
349:list
114:news
3305:Pay
3194:Bar
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2858:.
2823:^
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