Keeping an eye on baggage

From: "Jean-Louis Milesi" jeanlouismilesi@gmail.com

I’m a French screenwriter. I’m working on a script that takes place in 1900. One of my character travels from Seattle, Washington to Sidney, Nebraska in July 1900. I supposed that the junction is Sacramento.

My character travels with several chests and other baggage. And wants to keep an eye on them. So, he travels sitting on all his stuff.

My question is: Where can my character do that in a train? In a passenger car? In a Zulu car? On the roof? With the luggage? With the animals? …

—Jean-Louis Milesi