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driving car (plural driving cars)

  1. (rail transport) A control car; a non-engine rail car from which the train may be driven.
    • 1950 February, “Rolling Stock for London Transport”, in Railway Magazine, page 88:
      The appearance of the new non-driving motor car conforms to that of the converted driving cars, and the car body design closely follows that adopted for London Transport 1938 surface stock; [] .