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unit train
noun
- a freight train of uniform consist that remains coupled, carrying a bulk commodity, as coal or wheat, to a specific destination and that after unloading returns to the point of origin ready for another load.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of unit train1
First recorded in 1960–65
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