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Chair car
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Passenger railroad car.
1900–1950: Transition from wood to steel, new car types
By the 1920s, passenger cars on the larger standard gauge railroads were normally between 60 ft (18.3 m) and 70 ft (21.3 m) long. The cars of this time were still quite ornate, many of them built by experienced coachmakers and skilled carpenters. In the United States, the so-called "chair car" with individual seating became commonplace on long-distance routes.