freight train

American  

noun

1. a train of freight cars.

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Etymology

Origin of freight train

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

A line outside a Riverside gas station crossed a railroad track, and a man stopped on the tracks refused to yield his place even when a freight train engine bore down on him.

From Los Angeles Times

We’d get there for free, as long as the freight trains ran.

From Literature

Adrenaline hit my system like a freight train, and I felt my heart rate double in an instant.

From Literature

It felt like a freight train coming at you.

From Barron's

Half the cars on a freight train had been knocked off the tracks and lay with their bellies in the air, like helpless turtles.

From Literature