freight engine
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of freight engine
An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
Example Sentences
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During a recent visit to the Rusk depot, one of its rare wheeled residents - a massive 1953 locomotive freight engine - was hard at work moving freight.
From Washington Times
During a recent visit to the Rusk depot, one of its rare wheeled residents — a massive 1953 locomotive freight engine — was hard at work moving freight.
From Seattle Times
The locomotive he now propelled was a third-class freight engine, and had no fireman on the present occasion so far as could be seen.
From Project Gutenberg
Brockman put the freight engine crew on the rack, and they say there was a small boulder on the track—that it rolled down the canyon slope just ahead of them as they were turning a curve.
From Project Gutenberg
February 14, at 8:20 p.m., one mile north of Indianapolis, Ohio division, extra freight engine, Packard conductor, collided with Ohio division passenger train No. 11.
From Project Gutenberg
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