Sleeping car
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The sleeping car or sleeper is a railway passenger car that can accommodate all passengers in beds of one kind or another, for the purpose of sleeping. George Pullman was the American innovator of the sleeper car.
Pullman sleeping car, original to the William Crooks locomotive, on display in Duluth, Minnesota
The first American sleeping car, the "Chambersburg" started service on the CVRR in 1839.
Pullman porter making an upper berth aboard the B&O Capitol Limited bound for Chicago, c. 1944
Open section accommodations of a Pullman car in day mode from c.1950s.
Passenger railroad car
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A passenger railroad car or passenger car, also called a passenger carriage, passenger coach, or passenger bogie is a railroad car that is designed to carry passengers. The term passenger car can also be associated with a sleeping car, a baggage car, a dining car, railway post office and prisoner transport cars.
Superliner double-deck auto-train lounge car operated by Amtrak
Trenitalia passenger car UIC-Z1
A very small passenger car operated by ČSD
Restored clerestory cars on display at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom, Wisconsin