accommodation train

American  

noun

1. Railroads Now Rare. a local train.

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Etymology

Origin of accommodation train

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

Example Sentences

He met a man named Durham who was a gambler and decent and who in his spare moments punched tickets on the Under- ground Railway, the Negroes' accommodation train.

From Time Magazine Archive

Perhaps; but she came in on the accommodation train after the New York train was due to leave.

From Midnight by Cohen, Octavus Roy

Still, Levi managed to get the crew of an accommodation train interested in the boys, whom he had driven across the river on a light wagon, lying on his spring mattress.

From Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys by McElroy, John

They were spoken by the conductor of the accommodation train sharply.

From Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer by Chapman, Allen

She knew that there was an accommodation train due soon after the express.

From By the Light of the Soul A Novel by Brett, Harold M.