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Passenger Car Classes
From the March 1999 edition of Model Railroader, pg. 43...
The American Association of Railroads has six categories of passenger classes:
| B - Baggage | C - Combine | D - Dining | I - Instruction | M - Mail | P - Passenger |
Each one of these is broker down into several subcategories:
| PA - short-haul (suburban) coach | DKP - kitchen car |
| PB - coach or chair car | DLC - lunch-counter kitchen |
| PBO - coach-observation | CA - baggage-coach |
| PC - parlor or chair car | CBS - baggage-dormitory |
| PD - tavern | BE - stangard baggage |
| PDS - tavern-sleeper | BEM - baggage-express-messenger |
| PL - lounge | BH - horse car |
| PO - observation | BLF - flatcar (usually for containers) |
| PS - sleeping car | BR - refrigerator express |
| PSA - dormitory | BX - box express |
| PV - private or business car | BXM - box express messenger |
| DA - standard dining car | MA - postal car |
| DCL - lunch-counter lounge | MB - baggage-mail |
| DD - diner-dormitory | MBD - mail-baggage-dormitory |
| DE - diner without kitchen | MD - mail-dormitory |
| DK - dormitory kitchen | IA - instruction car |
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