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Mail car

noun

A railway car in which mail is transported and sorted.

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"Mail car" Quotes from Famous Books

... replied, 'it is too bad you did not let me know a little sooner, for the mail car is gone; it starts at ...

— Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison - Fifteen Years in Solitude • Austin Biron Bidwell

... emptied of the through passengers. A local engineer, fireman and brakeman took charge of the train to switch the China & Japan Mail car over to another track, ready to hitch on to the Overland express, soon to arrive, sidetrack the other coaches, and take No. ...

— Ralph on the Overland Express - The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer • Allen Chapman

... confidence and he wanted him to join with him in the wrecking of the 'Lark.' My detective learned from 'Red Mike' that he planned to throw the 'Lark' into a ditch by placing a derailer on the track at a point in the hills a short distance from the city and to rob the mail car in the confusion of ...

— Spring Street - A Story of Los Angeles • James H. Richardson