freight train

noun

: a train that carries goods : a train that carries freight

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An intersection is Posen, Illinois, is blocked to all traffic after a freight train derailment Thursday morning. Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 28 May 2026 And the Cleveland Cavaliers are the latest victim of a freight train running express to the franchise’s first NBA Finals appearance this century. Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026 That’s where a freight train of record-warm water is chugging along. Ben Noll, Washington Post, 20 May 2026 Videos circulating online captured the moment the freight train barreled into a public bus at a crowded railway crossing near an airport station in Bangkok on Saturday. Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for freight train

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“Freight train.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freight%20train. Accessed 30 May. 2026.

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