thumb|300px|A coach-baggage on display at the [[Mid-Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom, Wisconsin.]]

A combine car in North American parlance, most often referred to simply as a combine, is a type of railroad car which combines sections for both passengers and freight.

Most often, it was used on short lines to carry passengers and their luggage, as a full car would not have been cost effective. One half (or less) of the car is built like a baggage car while the other half of the car is a regular passenger car. This type of combine is referred to as a coach-baggage. Another common type of combine in railroad use was the coach-RPO. A portion of this type of car was configured as a railway post office while the rest of the car was configured as a coach. The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad operated a combine separated into an RPO and a smoking section. In 1893, Pullman produced a combine with a baggage area, buffet, barber shop, bathroom with tub and a smoking section featuring a fireplace.

See also

  • Bruck
  • Combi aircraft
  • Doodlebug (railcar), a self-propelled railcar most commonly configured as a combine car

References

Bibliography

  • Virginia & Truckee Railroad Combination Car No. 16 — photographs and short history of a Combination Car built in 1874.

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