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Its eleven wagons-lits, three restaurant cars and bar car, all first class, can accommodate 194 passengers; there are two cars for the crew of 30.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Czechoslovaks remained parked in the depot all night, the windows of their wagons-lits glowing during long strategy sessions.

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During the trip Carol neglected to shave before the ingenious folding washstand provided in the individual compartments of all wagons-lits.

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The party played cards, ate with their official hosts in the cheery dining car, slept in soft berths as the wagons-lits swayed leisurely westward.

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When she travelled it was in the wagons-lits of trains-de-luxes, and in specially reserved cabins of steamers.

From The Island Mystery by Birmingham, George A.