goods train
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of goods train
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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It remains unclear how the Express ended up on the same track as the goods train.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2023
Officials said several carriages from the Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express derailed in Balasore district, hit a stationary goods train and several of its coaches ended up on the opposite track.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2023
The train entered another line, known as the loop line, and crashed into a goods train parked there, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2023
“The goods train was stationary; the other two trains were running.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2023
That was a shunting case, that was, with a goods train, at a little station, past which we on the express down used to go at the rate I said just now.
From Adventures of Working Men From the Notebook of a Working Surgeon by George Manville Fenn
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