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goods train

American  

noun

British.
  1. freight train.


Etymology

Origin of goods train

First recorded in 1880–85

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The crash saw a passenger train derail after wrongly entering into a loop track by the side of the main line and colliding with a stationary goods train that was parked there.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2023

Meanwhile, the railways said on Sunday that the Coromandel Express's engine and coaches crashed into a goods train due to a signal fault and a "change in electronic interlocking".

From BBC Jun. 5, 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 Coromandel Express had gone off track, hit a goods train that was parked there, and then collided with a second train coming from the opposite direction.

From Reuters Jun. 3, 2023

A light and very small truck may be caused to run down an incline and to throw itself into one of the trucks comprising a goods train.

From Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast by Sutherland, George

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