motor-coach

plural motor-coaches

1. alternativerail transportAlternative form of motor coach.

   At present certain of these trains, most of which are operated on the push-and-pull principle with up to 12 coaches, are handled by the recent RBe 4/4 type motor-coaches of 2,700 h.p.;- this class also is to be augmented considerably.

   1961 March, “Talking of Trains”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 137

2. alternativeAlternative form of motorcoach (road vehicle)

   Does the passenger travelling along M1 in a shining, brightly liveried motor-coach turn to admire the rake of dull maroon coaches hauled by a drab green diesel locomotive on the adjoining railway line?

   1961 June, B. A. Haresnape, “Design on the railway: Part Four”, in Trains Illustrated, page 354