goods train
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of goods train
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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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
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
I saw the goods train had climbed over on another train.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2023
The goods train is quite as remarkable in its way as every other part of this railway.
From The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 by Various
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