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Several tanker cars on a freight train derailed Friday afternoon in the South Deering neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago.
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Todd Feurer, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
The attacks targeted a Su-24 bomber, multiple radar systems, an Orion combat drone, and Russian logistics, including a freight train and military truck.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
In Great Britain alone, the Office of Rail & Road reports that total passenger and freight train CO₂e emissions rose ~5% in 2023–24 to 2,357 kilotonnes, with passenger service accounting for ~1,917 kt and freight ~440 kt.
—Chelsea Haney
october 25, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2025
The couple apparently watched, unpanicked, as a northbound freight train approached from one direction.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
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Todd Feurer, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
The attacks targeted a Su-24 bomber, multiple radar systems, an Orion combat drone, and Russian logistics, including a freight train and military truck.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
In Great Britain alone, the Office of Rail & Road reports that total passenger and freight train CO₂e emissions rose ~5% in 2023–24 to 2,357 kilotonnes, with passenger service accounting for ~1,917 kt and freight ~440 kt.
—Chelsea Haney
october 25, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2025
The couple apparently watched, unpanicked, as a northbound freight train approached from one direction.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Freight train.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freight%20train. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
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