From the very start, the MOB had the character of a mainline railway and, at an early stage, through trains with dining and saloon coaches were introduced.

These include the famous LNER Travelling Post Office set, two LNER Beavertail observation saloon ( including one in its rebuilt condition ), and a number of “ Gresley ” teak-panel passenger coaches.

There is an ongoing maintenance programme for returning coaches to traffic which saw two saloon coaches completely rebuilt and returned to traffic in 2011 with a further two coaches following in 2012.

No coaches of this type are still in daily use on the main line network, since open saloon coaches are now preferred by operating companies.

Additional passenger coaches ( of the 20-seat ' teak ' saloon type ) were borrowed from the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway in Kent.

During 1948 Ribble Motor Services, who had obtained permission to use full-width double-deck coaches on their express services from East Lancashire to Blackpool, received 30 such bodies by H. V. Burlingham of Blackpool, which had full-width cabs, electrically powered folding doors to the rear platform, which itself was built-up to saloon level, allowing a small luggage boot.

* 1895 – American Frontier murderer and outlaw, John Wesley Hardin, is killed by an off-duty policeman in a saloon in El Paso, Texas.

* 1899 – American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.

* 1933 – Texas Guinan, American saloon keeper, actress, and musician ( b. 1884 )

* 1912 – While campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the former President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, is shot and mildly wounded by John Schrank, a mentally-disturbed saloon keeper.

* 1935 – Dutch Schultz, Abe Landau, Otto Berman, and Bernard " Lulu " Rosencrantz are fatally shot at a saloon in Newark, New Jersey in what will become known as The Chophouse Massacre.

* August 19 – American frontier murderer and outlaw John Wesley Hardin is killed by an off-duty policeman in a saloon in El Paso, Texas.

* July 19 – Doc Holliday kills for the first time after a man shoots up Holliday's New Mexico saloon.

Judge Roy Bean ( 1825 – 1903 ) operated a general store and saloon west of the Pecos River in Langtry, where the original Bean building is displayed at a Texas Tourist Bureau station.

Hurstwood buys a minority interest in a saloon and, at first, is able to provide Carrie with a satisfactory – if not lavish – standard of living.

* Phil Coe ( 1839 – 1871 ), well-known saloon owner and Old West gambler, and the last known gunfight victim of " Wild Bill " Hickok.

* 1935 – 1948 2½ Litre saloon

* 1937 – 1948 3½ Litre saloon

* 1935 – 1949 1½ Litre saloon

Mary Louise Cecilia " Texas " Guinan ( January 12, 1884 – November 5, 1933 ) was an American saloon keeper, actress, and entrepreneur.

* Lotus 104 ( 1990 – 1992 ): Lotus Carlton: tuned version of the standard Vauxhall saloon.

* Vauxhall Lotus Carlton ( also Opel Lotus Omega, internal name Lotus Type 104 ) – At the time ( early 1990s ) this was the fastest saloon car available, with a top speed of over 175 mph ( 280 km / h ).

Other variants include a 5-door hatchback, estate / wagon ( Variant, from 1993 ), convertible ( Cabriolet and Cabrio, 1979 – 2002 ), and a Golf-derived notchback saloon / sedan, variously called Volkswagen Jetta, Volkswagen Vento or Volkswagen Bora ( from 1999 ).

Vauxhall's sales began to increase in 1975, with the launch of two important new models – the Chevette, a small three-door hatchback that was the first car of its kind to be built in Britain, the Chevette carrying the name Opel Kadett in Europe, and Chevrolet Chevette and in the US and Canadian markets ; and the Cavalier ( Opel Ascona elsewhere ), a stylish four-door saloon designed to compete head-to-head with the all-conquering Ford Cortina.

Falling between the Cavalier and Senator was the Carlton ( Opel Omega elsewhere ) – relaunched in 1986, and was voted European Car of the Year, a large four-door family saloon.

1978 – Vauxhall strengthens its position in the executive car market with the launch of its all-new Carlton saloon and estate, which are re-badged versions of the German Opel Rekord.

1985 – Vauxhall launches the Belmont – a saloon version of the Astra which offers more interior space and is almost as big as a Cavalier.

Volvo produced roughly 106, 000 units of both the saloon and estate 66, and no more than 14, 000 were sold in the United Kingdom.

A steam sawmill was built in 1860, and in the 1890s, the Union House was erected as a tavern, grocery store, and saloon.

In 1902, " Pete " Bourque built a western style saloon to serve as " an exclusive, all-men's bar and a meeting place for old folks.

The first building in town was built by James Beacom and was used as a saloon.

Soon after, Miller opened a store, and a post office, saloon, and a school that doubled as a Masonic Lodge were built in the community.

A new post office and saloon were built and a lumber yard was started and by the end of the year, the population was nearing 100.

Besides a grocery store being established by Mr. Robb, a large lumber yard and hardware store was located by Brown and Biggs, an ice house with a dance hall above it, a frontier saloon, a newspaper, " The LaGrange Index ," said to be set up by a man named John R. Smith, a cheese factory was located by a Mr. Hendrickson, the milk being supplied by Wyoming and Nebraska settlers ; a large grist mill was built on the banks of Horse Creek on the present Ed Johnson place, where homesteaders brought wheat and corn to be made into flour and meal.

They built a hotel, and gave away lots for a saloon and a general store.

In 1982, the marque was revived and the Austin Rover Group built high performance versions of their saloon and hatchback models built at Longbridge ( Metro ) or Cowley ( Maestro and Montego ).

In the seventies Cobham resident Mike Chambers built Huron Formula Fords and a Formula Atlantic car at the Silvermere works on the North side of the A3 and Geoff Uren prepared the BMW team saloon cars and Graham Hill's Jägermeister sponsored Formula 2 car.

Newer establishments have sometimes been built in Western saloon style for a nostalgic effect.

The long wheelbase Princess saloon and limousine continued to be built by hand in limited numbers as the Vanden Plas 4-Litre Princess Limousine, until 1968.

1972 Hillman Avenger saloon built at the Ryton plant

Soon after the railroad was completed, a saloon, two stores, a post office, and a bank were built.

* Argentina: Several saloon models, including diesels were built in the Villa Bosch Peugeot facility from 1992 to 1999.

The VAZ-2105, VAZ-2104 and VAZ-2107 ( collectively known as the Lada Riva in the United Kingdom and the Lada Nova in much of continental Europe ) are a series of medium-sized family cars built by Russian car manufacturer AvtoVAZ, introduced in 1980 in the Soviet Union, and progressively in other European markets through the early 1980s and sold in both saloon and estate versions.

The Ford Orion is a saloon car built by the automaker Ford for the European market from 22 July 1983 until 19 September 1993.

The Aston Martin Lagonda was a luxury four-door saloon built by Aston Martin of Newport Pagnell, England, between 1974 and 1990.

However, he maintained his enthusiasm for fast cars, and in 1961 Jaguar built him a specially modified high-performance Mark 2 3. 8 litre saloon.

At the time it was the first Passat to be built on a Volkswagen-designed platform, rather than sharing one with an Audi saloon.

He later built a wooden structure for his saloon, which he called " The Jersey Lilly " after the well-known British stage actress Lillie Langtry.

This model was built as a two-door saloon, two-door coupé, four-door fastback, ( and later as a regular four-door saloon ), estate, and as a van.