A
baggage car (US terminology) or
luggage van (UK terminology) is a type of
rail transportRail transport is the conveyance of passengers and goods by means of wheeled vehicles running along railways or railroads. Rail transport is part of the logistics chain, which facilitates international trade and economic growth...
passenger car. Its purpose is to carry the checked baggage of the
passengerA passenger is a term broadly used to describe any person who travels in a vehicle, but bears little or no responsibility for the tasks required for that vehicle to arrive at its destination.There are two common contexts in which the term is used:...
s as well as
parcelParcel may refer to:* Lot , a piece of land* Fluid parcel, a concept in fluid dynamics* A package, sent through the mail* An object used in the game "Pass the parcel"...
s ("express") in a passenger train, and is typically coupled at the front of the train close to the
locomotiveA locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin loco – "from a place", ablative of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine, first used in the early 19th...
. Because this type of car is usually hauled at the front of a passenger train, it is sometimes classified as "head-end equipment." Passengers aboard a passenger train are not normally allowed access to a baggage car while a train is in motion.
A special type of baggage car came equipped with doors on one end to facilitate transport of large pieces of equipment and scenery for Broadway shows and other productions.
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A
baggage car (US terminology) or
luggage van (UK terminology) is a type of
rail transportRail transport is the conveyance of passengers and goods by means of wheeled vehicles running along railways or railroads. Rail transport is part of the logistics chain, which facilitates international trade and economic growth...
passenger car. Its purpose is to carry the checked baggage of the
passengerA passenger is a term broadly used to describe any person who travels in a vehicle, but bears little or no responsibility for the tasks required for that vehicle to arrive at its destination.There are two common contexts in which the term is used:...
s as well as
parcelParcel may refer to:* Lot , a piece of land* Fluid parcel, a concept in fluid dynamics* A package, sent through the mail* An object used in the game "Pass the parcel"...
s ("express") in a passenger train, and is typically coupled at the front of the train close to the
locomotiveA locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin loco – "from a place", ablative of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine, first used in the early 19th...
. Because this type of car is usually hauled at the front of a passenger train, it is sometimes classified as "head-end equipment." Passengers aboard a passenger train are not normally allowed access to a baggage car while a train is in motion.
A special type of baggage car came equipped with doors on one end to facilitate transport of large pieces of equipment and scenery for Broadway shows and other productions. These "theatrical" baggage cars were assigned theatrical names (i.e.
Romeo and
JulietThe Juliet was a scenery baggage car of the Pennsylvania Railroad, one of 47 built by the Pennsy between 1917 and 1922 to transport set pieces for Broadway theatre shows and other theatrical events. Car numbers of this group were 6055 to 6099....
), and were similar to the "horse cars" that were used to transport racehorses.