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motor-coach en · NOUN
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of motor coach.
At present certain of these trains, most of which are operated on the push-and-pull principle with up to 12 coaches, are handled by the recent RBe 4/4 type motor-coaches of 2,700 h.p.;- this class also is to be augmented considerably.
1961 March, “Talking of Trains”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 137:
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of motorcoach (road vehicle)
Does the passenger travelling along M1 in a shining, brightly liveried motor-coach turn to admire the rake of dull maroon coaches hauled by a drab green diesel locomotive on the adjoining railway line?
1961 June, B. A. Haresnape, “Design on the railway: Part Four”, in Trains Illustrated, page 354:
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