rolling stock
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of rolling stock
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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One strike hit a railway hub at the town of Fastiv southwest of Kyiv, destroying the main station building and damaging rolling stock.
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There have been dedicated trains for monarchs since Queen Victoria's reign, but as part of a "drive to ensure we deliver value for money" it's been decided to decommission the historic rolling stock.
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Where there used to be rusting rolling stock and derelict sidings, there is now a swish shopping centre, smart restaurants and the oddly bulbous, 42-storey Belgrade Tower.
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"We've got dirty old rolling stock. It's a sham, it really is."
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The TGV trains swishing through the French countryside at 230 mph were in stark contrast to the UK’s creaking rolling stock.
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