work train
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of work train
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
Example Sentences
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Credentials: O'Leary wrote her first novel on her work train commute to a children's publishers.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2018
“The decision not to have the rail collected by a work train was a decision by management,” Mr. Samuelsen said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2017
“Both trains were running in the same direction — one was a work train, one was a revenue train and they sideswiped each other,” said Cuomo, a Democrat.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 9, 2016
He said the work train caught fire after the crash.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 8, 2016
Well, he has never come, and I have had many reports of the work train, but no one seems to know anything definite about him.
From The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin by James Herbert Walker
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