Private railroad car

[1] They were used by railroad officials and dignitaries as business cars, and wealthy people for travel and entertainment, especially in the United States.

[2] In the late 19th century Gilded Age, wealthy people had finely appointed private cars custom-built to their specifications.

Abraham Lincoln disliked the ornate railroad car supplied for his service as president: he rode in it only in his coffin.

[4] Such carriages were extremely rare in the United Kingdom, although a notable example was the Duke of Sutherland's saloon, which is preserved at the National Railway Museum in York.

As the capacity of rail transport is large, it takes special operations to include a private coach in an otherwise public train.

[8][9] Lucius Beebe and his life partner Charles Clegg owned two private railroad cars, the Gold Coast and the Virginia City.