Definition of "luggage-van" [luggage-van]

• A railway-car for luggage; a baggage-car. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "A breakage of the coupling of the luggage-van had first caused the shock to, and then the stoppage of, the train, which in another instant would have been thrown from the top of the embankment into a bog."
• "William applied at the railway station for a ticket for the train going to Sandusky, and was told that if he went by that train he would have to ride in the luggage-van."
• "Afraid to remain in the town longer, he resolved to go by that train; and consequently seated himself on a goods 'box in the luggage-van."