goods train
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of goods train
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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It remains unclear how the Express ended up on the same track as the goods train.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2023
Officials said several carriages from the Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express derailed in Balasore district, hit a stationary goods train and several of its coaches ended up on the opposite track.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2023
The train entered another line, known as the loop line, and crashed into a goods train parked there, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2023
The Coromandel Express had gone off track, hit a goods train that was parked there, and then collided with a second train coming from the opposite direction.
From Reuters • Jun. 3, 2023
At the same time he pulled other levers, and shifted the “points,” so as to let the plethoric goods train just arrived, and the goods train in waiting, perform their respective evolutions.
From The Iron Horse by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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