observation car

noun

A railway passenger car made so as to facilitate seeing the scenery en route, sometimes with glass sides or with a kind of open balcony at the rear.

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Meanings

nounobservation car (plural observation cars)

plural observation cars

  1. rail transportA railway passenger car made so as to facilitate seeing the scenery en route, sometimes with glass sides or with a kind of open balcony at the rear.

Translations

Finnish maisemavaunu
  • maisemavaunutype of railway car
French wagon-salon
  • wagon-salontype of railway car
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APA

observation car. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/observation%20car

MLA

“observation car.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/observation%20car. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “observation car,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/observation%20car.

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