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work train
noun
- a train that transports railroad workers, building materials, etc., to construction or maintenance assignments on the railroad.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of work train1
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
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Example Sentences
The locomotive of the work-train was at the hind end and the roadmasters standing on the first flat car were signalling.
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There are times when the work-train must be summoned, when laborers by the dozen must get to work to build new track.
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Meantime my work train cannot be used by the superintendent for maintenance purposes.
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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.
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A work train was started from each end with a small force (20 or 25 men) to run over the changed track.
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