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Probably not but wheeled luggage was invented almost two centuries after the railway!


The railroad provided wheels. Every station had a large cart. Unload your trunk from the carriage to cart, then push the cart up to the train, then load onto the train where it was stacked. Nobody had to personally handle their luggage much, and they also typically carried a larger volume of stuff. As such built in wheels wouldn't have been desired for rail road travel as there already was wheels available when you needed them.




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