A railway coach — also known, especially in the UK, as a railway carriage — is a passenger car designed for the conveyance of passengers by rail (the first such vehicles were, in fact, often road coaches mounted on frames equipped with railway wheels). "Railroad" and "Railway" both redirect here For other uses see Railroad (disambiguation. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located This article is about railroad equipment For other cars see Automobile and Wiktionary definition of passenger car. "Railroad" and "Railway" both redirect here For other uses see Railroad (disambiguation. A railway coach can be self-propelled (such as the Budd Rail Diesel Car, in which case it is known as a railcar), form part of a multiple unit of self-propelled vehicles, or be pulled or pushed by one or more locomotives either singly or together with other railroad cars. For other meanings of RDC, see RDC (disambiguation. The Budd Rail Diesel Car or RDC is a self-propelled diesel-hydraulic A railcar (not to be confused with a railway car) is a self-propelled railway Vehicle designed to Transport passengers The term multiple unit or MU is used to describe a self-propelling train unit capable of coupling with other units of the same or similar type and still A locomotive is a railway Vehicle that provides the motive power for a Train.
The car's interior can be arranged in two ways:
- If the corridor is on the middle, the car is filled with row upon row of seats, generally all arranged facing toward one end of the car or in groups of four facing each other, often with a table in the middle,
- If the corridor is on the side of the car, the car is divided into separated compartments that usually contain 6 seats, but sometimes only 4 in first class or 8 in second class; half of them face forward, facing the other half, which face backward. This arrangement is prevalent in Continental Europe.
The seats are often so close together that there is not much room for anything more than a passenger or two in them. Carry-on baggage is stowed on a shelf above the passenger seating area. Reserved and free seating Seating arrangements Reserved seating: each seat is reserved for a specific ticket holder Coaches are sometimes referred to as "chair cars. " The seats in most coaches until the middle of the 20th century were usually 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.
 East Broad Top Railroad narrow gauge "shorty" coach #25 passes through Robertsdale, Pennsylvania on July 14, 1953. The East Broad Top Railroad (EBT is a heritage railroad headquartered in Rockhill Furnace Pennsylvania, north of Interstate 76 (the Pennsylvania A narrow gauge railway (or narrow gauge railroad) is a Railway that has a Track gauge narrower than the of Standard gauge railways Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. |
 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad #3505, a heavyweight coach, photographed in June of 1960. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ( B&O) was one of the Oldest railroads in the United States and the first Common carrier railroad The marker lamps mounted on each side are required on the last car of any consist. |
 Chicago and North Western Railway coach #10808, in drover's service, passes through Chadron, Nebraska on July 14, 1956. A caboose (North American Railway terminology) or brake van or guard's van (British terminology is a manned rail transport vehicle coupled at Chadron (the Ch is pronounced as the Sh is pronounced in Shut is a city in Dawes County, Nebraska, United States. Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. |
 Union Pacific Railroad lightweight Coach #5437, photographed as it stopped in Laramie, Wyoming on May 30, 1970. Laramie is a city in and the County seat of Albany County in the U Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. |
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Santa Fe Pendulum-suspension car #1100
In 1938, Pullman built for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway an experimental pendulum-suspension "chair" car which saw service on the San Diegan passenger train, among others. The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. The San Diegan was one of the named passenger trains of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, and a " Workhorse " of Mounted on high springs, the car was to tilt inwards of curves to counterbalance the cant deficiency with the induced centrifugal force. However, as it relied on purely passive components, it was not entirely successful, and the lack of damping produced a sea-sickness inducing rolling motion that insured that the experiment would not be repeated.
See also
- Chinese passenger coaches
External links
- Nevada Central Railway Coach No. 3 Silver State — photographs and short history of a "shorty" Coach built in 1881. La Paz (B&O #5503 is 56-seat revenue coach built for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad by Pullman-Standard in 1949 In the history of Rail transport, dating back to the 19th Century there have been literally hundreds of named passenger trains. This article is about railroad equipment For other cars see Automobile and Wiktionary definition of passenger car. YZ 22B is a series of Chinese railway passenger coach Type Hard seat Capacity 118 people Weight 43 t YZ 25B is a series of Chinese railway passenger coach Type Hard seat Capacity 118 people Weight 43 t Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
References
- The American Railroad Passenger Car by John H. White, Jr. Two Volumes (1978) by Johns Hopkins University Press.
- ISBN 0-8018-2743-4 (pbk. : set: alk. paper)
- ISBN 0-8018-2722-1 (pbk. : v. 1: alk. paper)
- ISBN 0-8018-2747-7 (pbk. : v. 2: alk. paper)
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