守车 (shǒu chē) — caboose; guard's van (the last car of a freight train where the crew works)

Definition

Examples

• 这列货运火车的最后一节是守车。
  Zhè liè huò yùn huǒ chē de zuì hòu yì jié shì shǒu chē.
  The last car of this freight train is the caboose.
• 老式铁路的守车里通常有列车员值班。
  Lǎo shì tiě lù de shǒu chē lǐ tōng cháng yǒu liè chē yuán zhí bān.
  In old-style railways, there was usually a crew member on duty in the caboose.
• 现在很多火车已经不用守车了。
  Xiàn zài hěn duō huǒ chē yǐ jīng bú yòng shǒu chē le.
  Many trains no longer use a caboose nowadays.