Having or provided with a carriage; esp. (of a train) pulling carriages of a specified type or number. Usually with preceding adjective or…

Instrumental, with participial adjectives, as steam-bent, steam-driven, steam-going, steam-hauled, steam-heated, steam-operated, steam-ridden (figur…

Instrumental, with participial adjectives, as steam-bent, steam-driven, steam-going, steam-hauled, steam-heated, steam-operated, steam-ridden (figur…

Designating a stagecoach or train serving small or insignificant towns; designating a stagecoach route or train line connecting such towns…

Of a vehicle: consisting of flexibly connected sections.

Of a train: Provided with vestibules.

Of, relating to, or designating a train with a number of coaches each provided with engines, all of which can be controlled by a single driver.

fitted with air brakes (sense 1).

of a railway carriage or train; capable of withstanding the shock of collision.

= push-and-pull, adj. (in various senses); formerly esp. with reference to locomotives (= push-and-pull, adj. 2).

spec. Designating (the operation of) a train which can travel in either direction without having its engine turned around. Also used of the engine of…

Fastened with a seal; closed in such a manner that access (to the contents) is impossible without breaking the fastening. sealed orders: written…

Designating something, esp. a ferry or train, on to which vehicles can be driven.