motor car

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motor car

noun motor cars

US, alternative Alternative form of motorcar (“self-propelled railway vehicle”). The 20 sets of B.W. [British Westinghouse] equipment, including motor bogies and traction motors, were refitted to 20 new motor cars, similar in design to the 1913 stock, again at the railway company's Neasden Works.
alternative Alternative form of motorcar (“automobile”). Today the motor car is not taken seriously as a solution to the problems of mass transport, and the transport planners of south-east England - and the mayor of London himself, judging by his Transport Plan - think in terms of trains and underground trains in particular […]

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@misc{motor_car_2026,
  title = {motor car},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/motor%20car},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}