He carried a small green bag in his hand.

He said the brakeman had informed him I was connected with the Pennsylvania Railroad.

He wished to show me the model of a car which he had invented for night traveling.

He took a small model out of the bag, which showed a section of a sleeping-car.
This was the celebrated T.T.Woodruff, the inventor of that now indispensable adjunct of civilization--the sleeping-car.

Its importance flashed upon me.