driving trailer

English

Noun

driving trailer (plural driving trailers)

1. (rail transport) An unpowered coach fitted with a driving cab and placed at one or both ends of a train.
   • 1954 November, “Trains for Southend Electrification”, in Railway Magazine, page 737:

     The motor coaches will have no driving compartments, and the end vehicles of every unit will be driving trailers.

Synonyms

• autocoach (older usage)

Related terms

• driving van trailer
• motor coach
• power car
• trailer car