freight car
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of freight car
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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Slightly shorter than a standard 50-foot freight car, the Parallel cars weigh roughly 40,000 pounds unloaded.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2025
Ruben Soto, right, a migrant from Venezuela, with Rosa Bello, a Honduran migrant, as they rode on a freight car.
From New York Times • May 11, 2023
Union Pacific said freight car velocity declined 3% to 191 daily miles per car and locomotive productivity was down 5% during the quarter.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2023
While there are no U.S. passenger-car builders, CRRC’s success has fueled a backlash by American freight companies, which fear the company will encroach on the country’s far bigger freight car market.
From Reuters • May 9, 2019
I had slept well enough in the boxcar, but I was ready to stretch out after a couple days in a freight car.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
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