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.
في القرن الـ‍ ١٩ ،‏ سهّل السفر بالقطار في الدرجة الاولى على المسافرين القلائل الذين تحملوا كلفة التنقل فيه احتمال الحرّ وحماهم من الغبار .‏