parlor car

a railroad passenger car that has individual reserved seats and is more comfortable than a day coach.

Origin of parlor car

First recorded in 1855–60

Think of Jathrop being a cat overnight and coming in a parlor-car next day!

Susan Clegg and Her Love Affairs |Anne Warner
De Witt had engaged the whole forward section of the parlor-car, and they were entirely secluded from all the rest of the train.

Rejected of Men |Howard Pyle
As the train was to be a light one, consisting of a buffet-car and a parlor-car, the party could not be very large.

Aladdin & Co. |Herbert Quick
His man met him at the gate and directed him to the parlor-car, where Stirling West met him.

Rejected of Men |Howard Pyle

Gilderman walked forward along the platform to the parlor-car.

Rejected of Men |Howard Pyle

parlor car

(in the US and Canada) a comfortable railway coach with individual reserved seats