A private carriage had a comfortable bed, toilet and bath, attendants to provide refreshments from morning tea through to evening dinner, a fan with a tub of ice under it for cooling, a barber, and stories from Wheeler’s Railway Library series, including the latest novels of Indian - born author Rudyard Kipling.
एकोणीसाव्या शतकात, पहिल्या वर्गातून रेल प्रवास करण्याची ऐपत असलेल्या मोजक्या लोकांना निदान उष्णता आणि धुळीपासून सुटका मिळत असे.