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

When the train arrived it was found that the stretcher was too broad to go into a carriage, so I travelled in the luggage van, among trunks, bicycles and baskets of fish.

From 'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany by Knight, Gerald Featherstone

I think we ought to warn you," he said, "that the car hasn't precisely the carrying capacity of a luggage van.

From My Friend the Chauffeur by Lowenheim, Frederic

I managed to induce an official to allow me to get into the luggage van; and thus, having started from Paris as a bullock, I reached Amiens at twelve o'clock as a carpet-bag.

From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Labouchere, Henry

Every railroad journey found him wandering like an earthbound spirit between his seat and the luggage van.

From Edgar Saltus: The Man by Saltus, Marie

Recalled to material things, Etienne Rambert contemplated his trunk which the porters had taken out of the luggage van.

From Fantômas by Metcalfe, Cranstoun