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

The agency’s rules touch virtually every facet of transportation safety, including regulations that keep airplanes in the sky, prevent gas pipelines from exploding and stop freight trains carrying toxic chemicals from skidding off the rails.

From Salon

Her words were immediately eaten up by the freight train roar of the storm.

From Literature

The February 2023 rail disaster in Tempi, central Greece killed 57 people, most of them young students on a passenger train that collided with a freight train in the middle of the night.

From Barron's

But when a freight train stalled at a key intersection in the middle of the city, they found themselves stuck on the wrong side of the street for nearly 30 minutes.

From The Wall Street Journal

And the combined railroad might be able to bypass Chicago altogether and route freight trains through a less-congested area.

From The Wall Street Journal