luggage van

British  

noun

1. US and Canadian name: baggage car.  a railway carriage used to transport passengers' luggage, bicycles, etc

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luggage van

Such travellers are but few, and are usually accommodated either in the luggage van or in the carriage with the guard or conductor.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 by Various

He proposed, instead, the luggage van, whereupon the guard burst into a psalm of utter dejection.

From The Husbands of Edith by George Barr McCutcheon

All the preparation necessary is to buy your canoe a third-class ticket, put it into the luggage van at the railway station, and set out for the point at which you wish to begin.

From Stained Glass Tours in England by Charles Hitchcock Sherrill

I know a case where an amateur photographer was travelling by rail with a 12 by 10 bath full of nitrate of silver solution packed among his clothes in a box in the luggage van.

From The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years by John Werge

The crowd round the luggage van cleared away a little and we found Marion’s trunk.

From The Red Hand of Ulster by George A. Birmingham