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trainload

American  
[trayn-lohd] / ˈtreɪnˌloʊd /

noun

Railroads.
  1. the cargo or passenger capacity of a train.

  2. a specified minimum number of loaded cars or tons of cargo necessary to secure a special rate trainloadrate.


Etymology

Origin of trainload

First recorded in 1880–85; train + load


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A trainload of Czech equipment arrived Sunday and another was en route Monday, though blocking off such shipments will clearly be a key Russian priority.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 28, 2022

One crew member on a high-speed train has close contact with an infected person, and a trainload of passengers is sent to quarantine for mass testing.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2021

They hang next to a vitrine featuring significant books that arrived by the trainload in San Marino that year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2019

Cowan's first foray into historical fiction takes place in 1916, when the unnamed town is waiting to receive a trainload of wounded soldiers from the front.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2013

“They have to finish off the last trainload before they have room for us.”

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz

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