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

On the main, forty feet farther on, stood the made-up afternoon accommodation train.

From Project Gutenberg

Of some interest to many is the 7:32 A.M. accommodation train on the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad from Ashland to Richmond.

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On the Ashland accommodation train one day there were seated two persons, whom we shall designate as Mr. T. and Mr. S. They were sitting on opposite sides of the aisle of the car and the latter had a horse that Mr. T. knew, and the conversation ranged on the subject of horseflesh, or rather their knowledge of the same, and incidentally Mr. S. said that he would take twenty-five dollars for his animal.

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The morning accommodation train on the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad is, you may say, somewhat unique, since among its regular passengers or commuters from Ashland may be found almost every kind of human industry represented.

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With rheumatism in his joints and crotchets in his brain, He finds that he can hardly catch th' accommodation train.

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