struggling with articles
may anyone tell me if I placed proper articles in a sentence?

I've been travelling by a train that had the bathroom, a little kitchen and the sleeping rooms. It's like a home on the wheels

and please let me know if my thoughts behind them are correct:
a train- because I've mentioned about it for the first time to the receiver
the bathroom- because it's not any bathroom but exactly the bathroom that sits in that train
a little kitchen- because the phrase "a little" sticks with it
the sleeping rooms- the same case as for "the bathroom"
a home- because I'm not talking about any specific type of home but just a home (or house, I don't know if it would be more accurate)
the wheels- it's a definite article because it's the part of that home

*just a normal thoughts of nonnative speaker trying to learn english*
Thanks for help in advance

Question

struggling with articles
may anyone tell me if I placed proper articles in a sentence?

I've been travelling by a train that had the bathroom, a little kitchen and the sleeping rooms. It's like a home on the wheels

and please let me know if my thoughts behind them are correct:
a train- because I've mentioned about it for the first time to the receiver
the bathroom- because it's not any bathroom but exactly the bathroom that sits in that train
a little kitchen- because the phrase "a little" sticks with it
 the sleeping rooms- the same case as for "the bathroom"
a home- because I'm not talking about any specific type of home but just a home (or house, I don't know if it would be more accurate)
the wheels- it's a definite article because it's the part of that home

*just a normal thoughts of nonnative speaker trying to learn english*
Thanks for help in advance

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I've been travelling by a train that had the bathroom, a little kitchen and the sleeping rooms. It's like a home on the wheels
Your answer is so close!! Good Job! You would be understood if you said that to someone. I've made a few corrections below.

I've been traveling by train. The train had a bathroom, a little kitchen, and sleeping rooms. Its like a home on wheels.

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Perhaps it will help if I add some follow-on sentences. "I've been traveling on a train in a sleeping car that had a bathroom, a little kitchen, and sleeping rooms. The kitchen had a microwave and a set of dishes.  It was like a little home on wheels.  The sleeping rooms each had two beds or "berths," an upper berth and a lower berth. The lower berth had a window, but the upper berth did not. The window was dirty, but the room was clean. The wheels made a clickety-clack sound. The train pulled into the station on time."

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From my point and opinion, when we call it "home" meaning there is an affection going on within the people living inside the house. On the other hand, "house" is more on the physical structure, the house itself not counting the one living.

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I've been travelling by train that had a bathroom, a little kitchen and sleeping rooms. It was like a home on the wheels.

I would omit the "a" before train as it isn't necessary.   Instead of "the" bathroom I would say "a" bathroom as it has not been mentioned previously.   Likewise I omit the "the" before sleeping rooms.

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