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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Example Sentences

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

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 Werge, John

In the luggage van were two small trunks containing their four scanty wardrobes, and all their toys and other treasures.

From The Carroll Girls by Quiller-Couch, Mabel

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

The Chancery Barrister, having read many moving narratives of raids made upon registered luggage in the secrecy of the luggage van, had adopted a course which displayed a profound knowledge of human nature.

From Faces and Places by Lucy, Henry W. (Henry William), Sir