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What is the dining car on a train called?

A dining car (American English) or a restaurant car (British English), also a diner, is a railroad passenger car that serves meals in the manner of a full-service, sit-down restaurant.



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A dining car is set so that one end contains a galley (where the food is prepared and cooked), with an aisle for passengers to get to other cars. The opposite end usually contained tables or booths for seating with a middle aisle for service.

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Great Western Railway (GWR) offer something very special on certain services between Paddington, Plymouth and Swansea, a special Pullman dining car with top class service, food and wine.

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A caboose is a crewed North American railroad car coupled at the end of a freight train. Cabooses provide shelter for crew at the end of a train, who were formerly required in switching and shunting, keeping a lookout for load shifting, damage to equipment and cargo, and overheating axles.

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A compartment coach is a railway passenger coach (US: passenger car) divided into separate areas or compartments, with no means of moving between compartments.

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